JEDDAH: Syria’s economic recovery is gaining momentum as reforms advance and confidence improves, the International Monetary Fund said, while urging authorities to sustain progress through continued fiscal, banking, and structural reforms. The assessment followed a July 19-23 visit to Damascus by an IMF staff team led by Ron van Rooden, the fund's mission chief for Syria, to review progress on reforms and discuss priorities for further technical assistance.

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said it had agreed a wide-ranging technical assistance program for conflict-ravaged Syria, where the new

Fund agrees on technical assistance programme after latest mission to Damascus