New details on the oil operations of the Kurdish-controlled Syrian Democratic Council have been revealed, potentially causing the SDC some embarrassment.

While Syria’s tobacco crop this season has been the best in years, two of the country’s other historically strategic crops fare much worse, including one that is on the verge of extinction.

The Syrian Financial Intelligence Unit (SFIU), a body affiliated to the Central Bank of Syria, attended for the first time in years the annual plenary meeting of the Egmont Group.

According to the head of the Syrian Civil Aviation Authority, only three international civilian airlines currently fly over Syrian territory.

The Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce has established a new body called the Central Committee for Exports (CCE) to promote exports only weeks after the Syrian Exporters Federation was dissolved.