Syria
Pressure mounts on oligarchs of former Syrian regime to pay their dues

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, on 5 October 2025, in Damascus.
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, on 5 October 2025, in Damascus. © Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP
Replenishing Syria's state coffers (3/3) – The new regime's finance chiefs are working hard to fill the Syrian state's coffers. Intelligence Online can reveal that the system aimed at making businessmen who got rich under Bashar al-Assad pay up is ramping up the pressure. But no one seems to know where the requisitioned funds are being sent. [...]
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