⚡️🇸🇾🇸🇦🇦🇪🇰🇼🇶🇦🇧🇭 — Syria and Saudi Arabia signed 47 agreements and memoranda of understanding worth over $6.4 billion across 11 sectors during the Syrian-Saudi Investment Forum in July 2025. This economic momentum accelerated into 2026. On June 25, Syria and the UAE discussed creating a strategic logistics corridor linking Syrian ports to the Gulf States through Iraq, specifically connecting to the Iraqi Port of Umm Qasr, alongside a joint overland trucking route.

➡️ Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa confirmed on September 15 during the Arab Media Forum in Dubai that UAE's DP World is investing in the Syrian Port of Tartus to connect its operations with Jebel Ali Port. Asharq Bloomberg reported on August 25 the establishment of a joint Saudi-Syrian-French Business Council following Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's official visit to France; this trilateral framework aims to develop alternative transit routes connecting Europe to the Gulf and Asia through Syrian territory, with France expressing readiness to contribute to reconstruction and expand cooperation in energy, banking, and maritime transport.

➡️ On August 27, a Saudi delegation visited Damascus and signed four MoUs covering roads, railways, postal services, and aviation, a process publicly backed by Saudi Minister of Transport and Logistics Services Saleh Al-Jasser. Corporate and state interactions expanded across the region in 2026: 50 Saudi companies participated in the 63rd Damascus International Fair alongside 1,000 entities from 60 countries, while the Syrex Jeddah 2026 exhibition in Saudi Arabia hosted over 150 Syrian companies from the food, textile, engineering, and chemical sectors.

➡️ In July, Kuwait and Syria agreed to form a Joint Higher Coordination Committee and a Syrian-Kuwaiti Business Council. In September, Qatar hosted the launch of a new joint investment partnership with Syrian businessmen. The Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce advanced talks with Bahraini counterparts focusing on the banking sector, cement manufacturing, housing reconstruction, digital transformation, and the textile and food industries.

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