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TOP: President Ahmad al-Sharaa greets delegates from Idleb to first in series of national meetings. (SANA) BOTTOM: Participants at Idleb meeting, August 13, 2025. (SANA)
TOP: President Ahmad al-Sharaa greets delegates from Idleb to first in series of national meetings. (SANA) BOTTOM: Participants at Idleb meeting, August 13, 2025. (SANA)

A new chapter of Syrian life begins with dialogue

    13 August 25.  Honouring his commitment to engage in direct dialogue with the Syrian people and listen to their concerns, President Ahmad al-Sharaa met with community leaders and officials in Idleb. He acknowledged Idleb for its pioneering of institutions that form the new Damascus government, calling it “a fundamental pillar for launching the project of a modern national state in Syria.” A wide range of questions and concerns from participants elicited commitments from the president and information about plans for the country.Read more at: SANA

    Signing ceremony for investment agreements at People’s Palace in Damascus, August 6, 2025. (Izz Aldien Alqasem – Anadolu Agency, on MEM, 6 August)
    Signing ceremony for investment agreements at People’s Palace in Damascus, August 6, 2025. (Izz Aldien Alqasem – Anadolu Agency, on MEM, 6 August)

    Foreign investments provide massive injection for Syria’s recovery

      6 August 2025.  The formal lifting of US sanctions paved the way for signing investment agreements valued at $14 billion, spread among 12 strategic areas including infrastructure, transportation, and real estate. The head of the Syrian Investment Authority, Talal al-Hilali, called the agreements a ‘turning-point’ for Syria’s future. They include redeveloping Damascus International Airport to boost tourism, trade, and regional connectivity, reconstructing ports, and constructing a subway in Damascus.Read more at: ALJAZEERA

      Ministers from Syria, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Qatar inaugurate a landmark gas pipeline. (L24)
      Ministers from Syria, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Qatar inaugurate a landmark gas pipeline. (L24)

      Gas pipeline boosts Syria’s recovery along with regional solidarity

        5 August 2025.  Syria, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Qatar cooperated in launching a natural gas pipeline supplying Azerbaijani gas to Syria via Turkey, funded by Qatar. Completed in record time, the project aims to revitalize Syria’s economy by improving the electricity supply for rebuilding the economy and people’s lives. The leaders hailed the project as a strategic step toward peace, stability, security, mutual trust, and cooperation, in place of division.Read more at: LEVANT 24

        Syrian (left) and Russian (right) foreign ministers meet, July 31, 2025. (L24)
        Syrian (left) and Russian (right) foreign ministers meet, July 31, 2025. (L24)

        Syrian Foreign Minister, Asaad al-Shaibani, visits Moscow to reset relations

          31 July 2025.  In the first meeting since the ouster of Bashir Assad and his Russian allies, Asaad al-Shaibani meets with Sergei Lavrov and Vladimir Putin to renegotiate economic and defence agreements made by the Assad regime with Russia, and to assert the sovereignty of the new Syria. Al-Shaibani said the talks were “a necessary discussion … based on the lessons of the past, to formulate the future.” Russia offered support for Syria’s reconstruction through mutual agreements.Read more at: LEVANT24

          French president Macron and President of AKDN, Rahim Aga Khan, meet in Paris to sign Syrian aid agreement. (Aga Khan Development Network facebook, 12 July)
          French president Macron and President of AKDN, Rahim Aga Khan, meet in Paris to sign Syrian aid agreement. (Aga Khan Development Network facebook, 12 July)

          A consortium of private international agencies pledges support for Syria with French cooperation

            11 July 2025. Meeting in Paris, President Emmanuel Macron and Rahim Aga Khan of the AKDN, signed an agreement to cooperate for a “successful and peaceful transition in Syria, to protect human dignity, to enhance resilience, and to resettle displaced people.”  Areas of cooperation include responding to urgent humanitarian needs and investing in the foundations for sustainable and long-term development in key sectors of the country.Read more at: SANA

            A view from the Roman amphitheatre overlooking the ancient city of Palmyra. (Asharq Al-Awsat, ENAB BALADI)
            A view from the Roman amphitheatre overlooking the ancient city of Palmyra. (Asharq Al-Awsat, ENAB BALADI)

            A $5M initiative to begin restoring Syria’s cultural heritage 

              9 July 2025. The International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH) launched a $5 million, two-year program to safeguard Syria’s cultural heritage. The initiative will restore archaeological sites, historical neighbourhoods, religious structures, museums, and monuments, and will train heritage experts. In partnership with Syria’s Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM), ALIPH plans to rehabilitate Palmyra, whose destruction was a key factor in founding ALIPH.Read more at: ENAB BALADI

              Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the UAE and Syria to build Damascus Gateway media city. (L24:Social Media, July 2nd)
              Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the UAE and Syria to build Damascus Gateway media city. (L24:Social Media, July 2nd)

              Race to overcome years of destruction with international cooperation

                1 July 2025.  In a period of 48 hours, Syria signed three major agreements with international firms to accelerate its recovery. The most ambitious is the “Damascus Gateway” city, intended to become a regional and global hub for media, the arts and tourism, with initial investment from the UAE.  Agreements were also signed with a US company to build two solar power stations, significantly increasing the power supply, and with a French company to restore 37 bridges that will ease movement between regions. Read more at SANA

                Jordan’s Foreign Minister, in Berlin, urges joint international efforts to aid Syria. (Photo: SANA)

                Jordan calls for cooperative efforts of all countries to help rebuild Syria

                  18 June 2025. Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, speaking in Berlin alongside his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul, emphasized the need for global cooperation to support Syria’s reconstruction and safeguard its sovereignty and citizens’ rights. He praised Syria’s efforts toward rebuilding a free, independent nation and welcomed the Syrian-German agreement to form an economic cooperation council, calling it a vital step in improving the lives of Syrians after years of conflict.Read more at: SANA

                  US Special Envoy to Syria, Thomas Barrack, describes President Ahmad al-Sharaa as ‘a pivotal figure in the rebuilding of Syria’ (Photo: SANA)

                  US diplomat underscores power of hope in the face of harsh reality

                    11 June 2025. Ambassador Barrack praises Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa for his leadership of Syria’s reconstruction, saying the government is handling the situation “in the best way possible.”  He stated that by lifting sanctions, the US hopes to remove obstacles to Syria’s economic recovery and that it seeks transparency, not control. “A drop of hope may be more powerful than a tank full of a bad reality,” the ambassador said.Read more at: SANA

                    US Special Envoy to Syria Thomas Barak meets with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Istanbul, 14 May 2025. (Reem Abdulhameed /MHD Ibrahim on SANA website 24 May)

                    A pivotal shift in US engagement with Syria

                      3 June 2025. US Ambassador to Türkiye and Special Envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack, announced the closing of most US military bases in Syria as well as Washington’s ongoing commitment to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the independent Kurdish-led military coalition in northeast Syria that has been allied with the US against IS. However, Barak stated the US would advocate for the SDF’s integration into Syria’s new national army. Read more at: The Syrian Observer

                      Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, look on as the Ministry of Energy sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with international companies to enhance investment in the energy sector. (Photo from SANA website 29 May 2025)

                      Global companies sign agreements to invest in Syria’s energy sector

                        29 May 2025. Syria’s Ministry of Energy has signed agreements with a number of international companies that will boost economic development and accelerate reconstruction. The energy minister called the meeting an historic moment and a turning point for the country. Read more at: Sana

                        Rebuilding Syria

                          For peacefully protesting against the dictatorship, the Syrian people lived in terror of endless war and repression… and its population became increasingly impoverished, with large sections of cities destroyed and lying in ruins… The new leaders quickly began to establish the rule of law and an environment of freedom for all Syrian peoples… demonstrating a strong will to reconstruct the nation as a democratic state that respects human rights, seeks unity among the diversity of peoples, and is committed to the common good.