Economy

President of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) welcomes Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Antonio Costa
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Syria’s state-owned petroleum company signed a deal with U.S. energy giant Chevron and the Qatar-based Power International Holding.

The New Arab Staff
04 February, 2026
The Gaza economy ministry warned that some individuals were exploiting the suffering of the devastated territory's people [Getty]
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Tanger Med [Getty]
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Sharaa previously visited Saudi Arabia in February and May this year [Getty]
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Syrians currently need to carry large amounts of banknotes for even the simplest transactions [Getty]
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A counting machine counting 50,000 Lebanese pound banknotes
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Most Phoenicians instead shared genetic similarities with people from Sicily, the Aegean and North Africa [Getty]
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Nobel Prize winning economists demand Netanyahu stop Gaza occupation, starvation
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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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