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A MESOP EXCLUSIV SAMPLER – Tuesday 30 January 2018

Despite Increase, Syria’s Oil and Gas Output at a Fraction of pre-2011 Levels

Syria’s oil and gas production increased noticeably this year, but output still remains very low and is unlikely to increase by much in the near future.

Chinese Companies Starting to Look for Opportunities in Syria

Chinese companies are increasingly enquiring about business opportunities in Syria, although no funding for reconstruction is expected to come from Beijing.

 

News

Food & Agriculture  Government Seeks to Lower Bread Production Cost

The Ministry of Domestic Trade wants to lower the cost of producing bread by reducing the volume of yeast in it.

 

Power  Opposition, Regime Reach Deal Over Electricity Supplies

The Syrian regime and opposition groups north of Homs have reached a deal whereby electric supplies to the latter are restored in exchange for a repair of a major transmission line.

Real Estate & Construction  Kuwait’s Kharafi Group Announces Land Purchase Deal Outside Damascus

A Kuwaiti-based company has announced the purchase of a plot of land outside Damascus, in a very rare case of an investment by a Gulf company in Syria since 2011.

 

Transport  Syrianair, Cham Wings Acquire New Aircrafts

Syria’s two main airlines have announced an increase in the size of their operating fleets as they repair old planes and lease others from the market.

Water  Malaysian Company Eyeing Water Treatment Projects

A Malaysian engineering company that was active before the beginning of the uprising is exploring again business opportunities in Syria.

 

Legal Database

Reconstruction   Expropriation Law

The text of the framework law enabling expropriation by the Government.

 

Civil status   Syrian Citizenship Law

The law defining the granting, and stripping, of Syrian citizenship.

 

Security   Weapons Smuggling Law

This text specifies the judicial consequences of smuggling weapons.

 

Security   Protecting Independence Law

This text, which was adopted at the end of the French mandate, aims at penalizing citizens accused of threatening the country’s independence.

 

Judicial   Law on Court Cases Involving State Institutions

The text of the law on the handling of court cases involving state institutions.

 

Library

Press review   January 30, 2018 – Our Press Selection (69 reports, papers and articles published over the past week on Syria)

A selection of reports, papers and articles on Syria.

 

Newly-established companies

Al-Zaher LLC

Export-Import; Construction

 

Bayt Al-Shifaa Warehouse LLC

Export and import of medicines

 

Al-Asal LLC

Management of hospitality projects; Import-export of food and beverages

 

Khaled Ahmad Khadem Al-Srouji Company LLC (One person company)

Management of hospitality projects

Mouhajer Trading and Contracting LLC (One person company)

General trading; contracting

 

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