Investing in Syria

Syria opens for business for international food companies

Over the past six years Syria, once a byword for proto-Soviet state control and autarchy, has opened up its economy…

LEBANON: Food manufacturers feeling the cost of war

Lebanon’s food manufacturing sector took a heavy blow during the 34-day conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hizbullah, recording…

Food multinationals struggling in war torn Lebanon

One month into the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, multinational food companies operating in Lebanon have ground to a halt, with the country…

FRANCE/SYRIA: France’s Bel inaugurates plant in Damascus

French cheese maker Fromageries Bel  has inaugurated a production plant in Damasacus – the first, direct  French investment in Syria…