The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Paris Match magazine on December 04, 2014.

Sales of the General Organization of Tobacco, a state monopoly that usually generates significant revenues for the Treasury, reached SYP 25 billion in the first nine months of the year, as the company seeks to produce cigarettes under license from a Russian group.

After holding steady for several weeks the Syrian Pound lost again last week some ground relative to the U.S. dollar.

United Insurance Company, a private insurance company, said that it replaced one of its directors because of repeated absences from board meetings.

During a speech last week following his re-election, and as the Syrian air force and army continued to bomb various parts of the country, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said that the coming period would see his Government focus on rebuilding damaged physical assets.

The English transcript of the speech of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad during his Inauguration ceremony on July 16, 2014.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Al-Akhbar in June, 2014.

Abdallah Dardari, Syria’s former Deputy Prime Minister, provided an estimate for the economic cost of Syria’s reconstruction during a business forum in which many of Syria’s old business faces reappeared.

Bashar Al-Assad was declared the winner of the Presidential “elections” held on June 2 in Syria with his two opponents gaining together less than 7.5 percent of the votes.

Updated January 16, 2015: Jupiter Investments, a company affiliated to the Hamsho Group, is seeking to obtain a license to invest in a large coastal resort off the city of Tartous.

The number of newly registered companies in the first four months of this year surged in the Province of Tartous.

Out of two dozen candidates to Syria’s Presidential elections, three have been shortlisted by the Constitutional Court, including, obviously, Bashar Al-Assad.

Tarif Al-Akhras, one of Syria’s leading investors, was handed earlier in April a 12-month jail sentence by a British court, following a commercial dispute with one of its suppliers.

Syria’s Presidential election, largely expected to be a farce, will take place on June 3.

A new Syrian private airliner will start flying a daily round trip from Damascus to Kuwait starting March 30.

A European court has rejected the appeal by Bushra Al-Assad, the sister of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, against the sanctions imposed on her by the European Union.

The text of U.N. Security Council resolution 2139 (2014) adopted on February 22, 2014, approving all necessary measures to combat ISIS.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with AFP on January 20, 2014.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Al-Ikhbariya TV in 2013.

Syria’s Prime Minister has met with a representative of a Russian energy company to explore the development of the country’s offshore resources.

Syria’s main opposition group, the National Coalition, announced last week the formation of a government to administer the parts of Syria that are no more under regime control, putting the country in the awkward situation of having, formally, two governments.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Al Mayadeen on October 21, 2013.

Syrian officials have laid the foundation stone and inaugurated three projects in the Lattakia province, including two in the town of Qardaha, for a total value of over SYP 1.1 billion.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Der Spiegel on October 07, 2013.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Tishreen newspaper on October 06, 2013.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Italian Rai News on September 29, 2013.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Latin American TeleSur TV on September 26, 2013.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Chinese CCTV news on September 23, 2013.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Fox News on September 19, 2013.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Rossiya 24 TV on September 12, 2013.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Le Figaro on September 03, 2013.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Russian Izvestia newspaper on August 26, 2013.

The English transcript of the speech of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad during Ramadan iftar meal on August 04, 2013.

The English transcript of the speech of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on Army Day on August 01, 2013.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Al-Baath newspaper on July 11, 2013.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Al-Thawra newspaper on July 04, 2013.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on June 17, 2013.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Al Manar on May 30, 2013.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Argentina’s Clarin newspaper and Telam news agency on May 18, 2013.

The demand for cement in Syria will surge to three times its pre-conflict level, according to a Syrian economist.

This document is an English language transcript of the interview given by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to two Turkish media and published on April 7.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Ulusal TV and Aydinlik newspaper on April 06, 2013.

The assets of Mourtada Dandashi, a Syrian investor in the financial and real estate sectors, have been frozen by the Syrian government on claims that he finances “armed terrorist groups,” the expression the authority use to describe opposition activists and rebel forces.

A US official has cautioned Russian banks against dealing with their Syrian blacklisted counterparts, Reuters has reported.

The following document is the English version of the speech given by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on January 07 in the Opera House in Damascus.

Updated December 03: The Syrian pound is losing further ground against the US dollar in both the black and formal markets.

Assad: Erdogan thinks he's Caliph, new sultan of the Ottoman, RT interview on November 09, 2012.

This document is an English language transcript of the interview given by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to Ad-Dunia, a Damascus based TV station on August 29. The translation is from the Syrian News Agency.