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International Dealmaking 19/01/2021

WHO and WFP work with companies close to Assad

A shipment of humanitarian aid delivered via Cham Wings Airlines to Benghazi in January 2021. ©Twitter/OMS Libya

SpotlightGovernment Intelligence 13/01/2021

New US Caesar Act sanctions raise heckles in London's pro-Bashar establishment

In December 2002, Queen Elizabeth II received Bashar al-Assad and his London-born wife, Asma. ©Kirsty_Wigglesworth/EPA/MaxPPP

Government Intelligence 13/01/2021

Washington, Moscow and Ankara stare each other down in northeastern Syria

The sponsors of the Syrian conflict are locked in a standoff in northeastern Syria as each side struggles to make gains. [...]

International Dealmaking 22/12/2020

Despite sanctions, dairy group Synutra launches operation in Aleppo Free

With the country's reconstruction still in its infancy, Syrian businessman Nidal Bakour is launching a milk formula production company with the help of the French subsidiary of China's Synutra. [...]

Government Intelligence 21/12/2020

Barzanis caught up in anti-PKK fight

The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region Masrour Barzani. ©Gailan Haji/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Government Intelligence 16/12/2020

Ahmed Al Kuzbari promoted in Geneva

The last session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee in Geneva (IOL 860) on 4 December was an opportunity for Bashar [...]

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International Dealmaking 16/12/2020

Delta Crescent serves as relay for Washington's oil interests in Kurdistan

Although Washington is championing sanctions against Syria, it is letting a US oil company do business there while placing its pawns in Iraqi Kurdistan. [...]

Government Intelligence 16/12/2020

Bashar Al Assad's sister liaises between Damascus and Abu Dhabi

According to our sources, a Syrian Aviation Tupolev landed at [...]

Joe Biden and Antony Blinken, in 2013, at the White House.

Government Intelligence 07/12/2020

Biden to finish what Obama started in Syria

President-elect Joe Biden and his secretary of state-designate Antony Blinken are considering appointing a number of Syria advisers to the new administration's Middle East team, most of them inherited from the Obama era. Just as the challenges on the ground. [...]

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad at the opening of the conference for the return of refugees.

Government Intelligence 18/11/2020

Damascus' supporters eager to get share of reconstruction cake Free

Ostensibly there to discuss the refugee issue, future reconstruction contracts in Syria were foremost in the minds of Bashar Al Assad's supporters gathered in Damascus earlier this month. [...]

International Dealmaking 10/11/2020

Under Asma Al Assad's patronage, EmmaTel Syria's telecoms rising star

The fall of Syrian business magnate Rami Makhlouf has opened up a breach in the Syrian telecoms sector he once dominated. EmmaTel is stepping in, under the watchful gaze of powerful first lady Asma Al Assad. [...]

Government Intelligence 04/11/2020

Moscow takes tougher stance against Ankara Free

Moscow's deliberate targeting of a pro-Turkey faction in the Idlib region clearly signals its displeasure with Ankara's involvement not only in Syria but also in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh. [...]

Abbas Kamel, head of Moukhabarat El Amma.

Government Intelligence 21/10/2020

Cairo spymaster spearheads Damascus' Arab League reintegration

Abbas Kamel, head of the Egyptian General Intelligence service, the Mukhabarat El Amma (IOL 851), has taken charge of the [...]

Government Intelligence 21/10/2020

Idlbi, new defender of rebels' cause in Washington

Researcher Qutaiba Idlbi has been appointed the new representative to [...]

International Dealmaking 13/10/2020

Moscow's Syrian oil comeback timid

Although the Kremlin has pledged Russia's strong implication in the energy segment of Syria's reconstruction, Russian investors are not stepping up to the table. [...]

Government Intelligence 07/10/2020

Inter-Kurdish talks edge forward

The two main Kurdish parties, the PYD and the Syrian [...]

International Dealmaking 29/09/2020

French businesses eye Syrian reconstruction opportunities, undeterred by sanctions

Some Western companies are determined to get a slice of Syria's reconstruction, which has been estimated at $200bn, regardless of economic sanctions. The French Office de Commerce et d'Industrie Franco-Syrien has signed up to attend the Rebuild Syria trade fair in Damascus. [...]

Government Intelligence 23/09/2020

Riyadh sends officers to north-eastern Syria

According to our sources, a contingent of Saudi officers went to north-eastern Syria a few weeks ago to hold talks [...]

Government Intelligence 23/09/2020

Rami Makhlouf dealt fresh blow by father's death

Mohammed Makhlouf, the 88-year-old father of the recently excommunicated Syrian oligarch Rami Makhlouf, passed away on 12 September at Damascus' [...]

The business network of Syria's postwar.

Insiders 16/09/2020

Business leaders close to Bashar Al Assad eye reconstruction opportunities

As the Syrian conflict enters its final stages, the Damascus regime is preparing major contracts, much coveted by its donors, to rebuild the country. Syria's business landscape is undergoing big changes as tycoons who got rich during the war become caught up in the regime's political power struggles. [...]

Government Intelligence 09/09/2020

Syrian Fadi Farah becomes French NGO's key man in Paris

Active in Syria through First Lady Asma Al Assad's charity the Syria Trust for Development , which is increasingly the [...]

Government Intelligence 09/09/2020

Moscow keen for political solution in Damascus

From stepping up pressure on the Syrian regime to increasing dialogue with the country's various players, Moscow is trying all ways to bring about a political outcome to the Syrian quagmire. [...]

Government Intelligence 26/08/2020

Damascus cancels key trade fair

Officially cancelled because of Covid-19, the 62nd edition of the Damascus International Fair, which should have taken place on 20-29 [...]

Government Intelligence 26/08/2020

Damascus steps up moves to reconquer north-eastern Syria

Between Turkish territorial ambitions and the US military and economic backed Kurdish control of the area, Bashar Al Assad is struggling to retake northern Syria. [...]

Government Intelligence 22/07/2020

Maher refuses to submit to Moscow

The differences between Maher Al Assad and Russia continue (IOL [...]

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WHO and WFP work with companies close to Assad

New US Caesar Act sanctions raise heckles in London's pro-Bashar establishment

Washington, Moscow and Ankara stare each other down in northeastern Syria

Despite sanctions, dairy group Synutra launches operation in Aleppo Free

Barzanis caught up in anti-PKK fight

Ahmed Al Kuzbari promoted in Geneva

Delta Crescent serves as relay for Washington's oil interests in Kurdistan

Bashar Al Assad's sister liaises between Damascus and Abu Dhabi

Biden to finish what Obama started in Syria

Damascus' supporters eager to get share of reconstruction cake Free

Under Asma Al Assad's patronage, EmmaTel Syria's telecoms rising star

Moscow takes tougher stance against Ankara Free

Cairo spymaster spearheads Damascus' Arab League reintegration

Idlbi, new defender of rebels' cause in Washington

Moscow's Syrian oil comeback timid

Inter-Kurdish talks edge forward

French businesses eye Syrian reconstruction opportunities, undeterred by sanctions

Riyadh sends officers to north-eastern Syria

Rami Makhlouf dealt fresh blow by father's death

Business leaders close to Bashar Al Assad eye reconstruction opportunities

Syrian Fadi Farah becomes French NGO's key man in Paris

Moscow keen for political solution in Damascus

Damascus cancels key trade fair

Damascus steps up moves to reconquer north-eastern Syria

Maher refuses to submit to Moscow

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