Although the regime of Bashar al-Assad, which oversaw drug production and smuggling, has fallen, remnants of his networks are still active and continue to pose a threat to Syria’s neighbors, especially Jordan.

Since 2019, Lebanese depositors have been waiting to recover their funds trapped in the banking system — even gradually — through laws that could be part of any financial reform plan by the new government led by Nawaf Salam.

Jordanian authorities erupted in anger after a media report revealed that they had received large sums of money in exchange for facilitating aid deliveries to Gaza.

Marking a new phase of economic openness, Syria signed a partnership deal with a French company to operate the Latakia Port container terminal, in the presence of President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Over the past 80 years, the relationship between Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood and the state has been marked by repeated turbulence, swings between periods of political harmony and moments of deep discord.