Updated on March 31, 2020: Syria reported its first cases of Coronavirus and accelerated preparations to limit the spread of the pandemic and mitigate its economic, social and health impacts, as the dollar gained almost 20 percent in the black market.

The tables below provide a list of Syria's main trading partners last year with the value of their exports to, and import from, Syria.

A selection of reports, papers and articles on Syria.

A selection of reports, papers and articles on Syria.

A selection of reports, papers and articles on Syria.

The tables below provide a list of Syria's main trading partners last year with the value of their exports to, and import from, Syria.

The tables below provide a list of Syria's main trading partners last year with the value of their exports to, and import from, Syria.

The following tables provide a breakdown by country of Syria's exports between 2006 and 2011.

The following tables provide a breakdown by country of Syria's imports between 2006 and 2011.

A selection of reports, papers and articles on Syria.

A selection of reports, papers and articles on Syria.

Three NGOs have filed criminal complaints against a Belgian and two German chemical manufacturers for shipping banned chemicals to Syria in 2014.

A selection of reports, papers and articles on Syria.

A selection of reports, papers and articles on Syria.

A press briefing by James Jeffrey after the Brussels conference on Syria on March 12-14, 2019.

The table below lists the financial pledges made for 2019 and beyond by the countries that participated in the Brussels meeting on March 12-14, 2019 (Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region - Brussels III Conference).

This table lists the participants at the Brussels meeting on March 12-14, 2019 (Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region - Brussels III Conference).

UPDATED on November 06, 2018 at 7:41 pm GMT - A new lobby of Syrian businessmen, grouping mostly investors based abroad that have kept ties with the Syrian regime, has been formed.

The two tables below list the number of foreigners by nationality who entered Syria in the period 2010-2016.

A selection of reports, papers and articles on Syria.

A selection of reports, papers and articles on Syria.

The list of countries and amounts pledged during the "Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region Conference held in Brussels on April 25, 2018.

Table 1: Funding Announcements by Country and Organisation (in USD - by order of funding for 2018)

The tables below provide a list of all Syria's trading partners last year with the value of their exports to, and import from, Syria.

Despite the war, the Central Boycott Office of the Arab League continues to operate from Damascus and blacklist companies that deal with Israel, including recently two large western groups.

The list of countries and amounts pledged during the Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region Conference held in Brussels on April 05, 2017.

The text of the interview of Bashar Al-Assad by Vecernji List, a Croatian daily, in Damascus on April 6, 2017.

The text of the interview of Bashar Al-Assad by NBC on July 14, 2016. The transcript is by SANA, the Syrian state news agency.

The list of countries and amounts pledged during the Supporting Syria Conference held in London on February 04, 2016.

The number of asylum applications by Syrians in 37 European countries by the end of December 2015.

The list of countries and amounts pledged during the Supporting Syria Conference held in London on February 04, 2016.

The text of Security Council Resolution 2253 (2015), imposing sanctions on the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (also called ISIS).

Text of interview of Bashar Al-Assad by a Dutch TV station on December 18, 2015. The transcript is by SANA, the Syrian state news agency.

The table below lists all the funding provided in 2015 to the UN and its partner organisations for the Syrian humanitarian crisis.

Almost 30 thousand Syrians applied for asylum in the European Union in the first quarter of this year, according to official statistics.

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

The text of U.N. Security Council resolution 2178 (2014) adopted on September 24, 2014, calling on all States to cooperate urgently on preventing the international flow of terrorist fighters to and from conflict zones.

Russia sent more than 240 tons of cash to Syria last summer, according to a press report, in an additional confirmation of the continued support of the Russian authorities to their Syrian counterparts.

Mohammad Jleilati, the Minister of Finance, has said that his government was finalising discussions with Russia to print money there, a move that signals a potentially growing economic dependency of the Syrian government towards Moscow.

Updated February 13: The European Union plans to impose new economic sanctions on Syria threatening to reduce further the Government’s foreign currency earnings and the country’s links with the outside world as diplomatic pressure piles on Damascus.

Updated February 13: Gulf and several EU countries recalled last week their ambassadors to Damascus after the United States decided to suspend the operations of its embassy in the Syrian capital and to recall all its diplomats there.

The Central Bank of Syria has opened bank accounts with three Russian financial institutions, according to press reports.

Scabal, a European fabrics and luxury menswear manufacturer, is opening its first store in Damascus.

Cham Wings Airlines has added a new 160-passenger capacity aircraft to its fleet.

A Belgian trade delegation is visiting Damascus and Aleppo between October 13 and 17.