Because currency is a core marker of national identity, overhauling the Syrian financial and banking sector that has been in decline for 14 years requires a new currency, analysts said.

The new Syrian state continues to intensify efforts to cut all arms supply lines from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon and to shut them down completely, given their impact on the country’s stability.

With the fall of Bashar al Assad’s regime in December 2024, unsecured weapons depots emerged as a major threat to civilian life, even as the new authorities seek to establish security and political stability in the country.

Debate is mounting in Syria over whether to grant citizenship to foreign fighters who joined the revolutionaries in toppling Bashar al-Assad’s regime, which fell on December 8, 2024.

As investment interest surges in postwar Syria, cement production is drawing growing attention from international companies eager to secure contracts, with the sector poised to play a central role in the country’s reconstruction.