📝Syria’s official 2026 nominal GDP estimate of around $22 billion understates its real economy due to informal activity, black-market trade, weak reporting, and unrecorded transactions. Similar to Nigeria’s 2014 GDP rebasing, which added $240 billion overnight (from $270B to $510B), Syria’s economy could be reassessed higher.

A realistic estimate is $40-50 billion, with the extra $25–30B coming from informal services, agriculture, trade, remittances, manufacturing, and energy markets.

As Syria’s central bank stabilizes, alongside stronger statistics, improved tax and customs collection, and better administration, more activity will move into official records and GDP figures.

World Bank – Syria economic assessment
in Syria after the crisis/FAO – Agriculture in Syria after the crisis

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Wall Street Journal: Trump is leaning towards expanding operations in Iran, days after receiving briefings from his top advisors.

The recent strikes against Iran are aimed at destroying military capabilities before more complex operations are carried out.

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Tasnim: Officials at Baqayi Hospital in Ahvaz, a specialized hospital for children with cancer, contacted the parents of patients after the building was hit by a projectile fired by the American enemy.

They requested that the patients be evacuated from the hospital to protect the lives of the children undergoing treatment.

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IRGC spokesperson:

The enemy should not think it can turn the war into a war of attrition.

The enemy should not think it can continue the current equation of the conflict and turn the war into a war of attrition.

Currently, Iran's operations are focused on destroying America's offensive infrastructure in the region. Then, the next steps will begin.

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Israeli missile impacts in Gaza’s Deir al-Balah with crying traumatized childeren being heard in the background.

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Reuters: Iran instructs the Houthis to prepare to block the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait if the United States attacks power plants within its territory.

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Maariv: The Israeli military has begun constructing a line of permanent positions in the security zone it occupies in southern Lebanon.

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Morocco has officially joined the International Stabilization Force (ISF), which is expected to operate in the Gaza Strip under the auspices of the "Peace Council."

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Main tasks:

- Securing Gaza’s borders against weapon smuggling

- Facilitating the demilitarization of Gaza (although not actively engaging Hamas)

- Securing civilian refugee camps against criminal groups

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U.S. Military: For the fifth consecutive night, our forces have begun carrying out waves of attacks in Iran "to further degrade Iranian military capabilities." The wording is not limited to the Strait of Hormuz area alone, which may indicate an expansion of U.S. attacks.

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Speaker of the Syrian Parliament:

We stand with our colleagues in the executive branch by making the legislative work easier for them so they can provide services and address the country’s challenges.

Our responsibility is to break the old image of parliament imposed by the dictatorial regime for more than sixty years and restore its dignity, value, and authority.

All parliamentary work must be carried out under this dome so that this parliament becomes a truly active and influential institution serving the Syrian people.

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Tasnim: Attacks targeted the bridge connecting Bandar Abbas to Shiraz, known as the Bandar Abbas-Khorstan-Lar bridge.

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