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Syria, Saudi Arabia sign more than USD 6 billion in investment deals
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....yria, Saudi Arabia sign more than USD 6 billion in investment deals<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 24-7-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Damascus (Syria), Jul 24 (AP) Syria and Saudi Arabia announced 47 investment agreements, valued at over USD 6 billion, in Damascus on Thursday, marking a significant step in rebuilding Syria's war-battered economy. The agreements signed at the Syrian-Saudi Investment Forum cover a wide ....
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....range of sectors, including real estate, telecommunications and finance. The planned projects include housing, the reconstruction of war-damaged areas, the development of tourism, medical and entertainment sites, skyscrapers, and three new cement factories. Syrian Minister of Information Hamza al-Mustafa said the deals are expected to create around 50,000 direct and 1,50,000 indirect job opportu....
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....nities. Saudi Arabia has been strongly supportive of the interim government in Syria led by former insurgent commander President Ahmad al-Sharaa since the fall of former President Bashar Assad in a lightning rebel offensive. The country faces major economic and social challenges. The United Nations in 2017 estimated that it would cost at least USD 250 billion to rebuild Syria after years of ci....
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....vil war. Some experts now say that the number could reach at least USD 400 billion. The Saudi deals come as a political boost to Syria's interim government at a moment when the country is reeling from a new round of sectarian violence that broke out in the southern province of Sweida earlier this month. Clashes broke out on July 13 between Sunni Muslim Bedouin clans and armed groups of the Dru....
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....ze religious minority, and government security forces, who intervened to restore order, ended up siding with the Bedouins. Members of the security forces allegedly killed Druze civilians and looted and burned homes. Druze armed groups later launched revenge attacks on Bedouin communities. Israel also intervened, launching strikes on convoys of government forces and on the Syrian Defence Minist....
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....ry headquarters in Damascus, which Israeli officials said were in defence of the Druze religious minority. Hundreds have been killed, and the UN says more than 1,30,000 people have been displaced. The fighting has stopped as a ceasefire takes hold, but tensions remain high, and the violence has further shaken the trust of religious minorities in the new government. (AP) SKS NPK NPK<BR> News - Pr....
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....ess release - PIB....