SIMA Insights

Idlib: Decentralized Governance

The governorate that Assad punished hardest became the governorate that ended him. What it built in the interval is the governance story of Syria’s…

May 14 • Hani Al Jundi

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April 2026

Hama: Syria's Sustainability & Self-Sufficiency Capital

The only Syrian governorate with no foreign border is, counterintuitively, the one best positioned to build Syria's first self-sufficient circular…

Apr 28 • Hani Al Jundi

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Syria's Banking Problem and How to Solve It

Primer for anyone who wants to understand why Syria's reconstruction could stall at the point of capital, not because capital is absent, but because the…

Apr 24 • Hani Al Jundi

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The Node Connecting Syria: Homs

The node at the centre of Syria’s reconstruction corridors was the first city destroyed and the last to see capital return.

Apr 12 • Hani Al Jundi

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Damascus: The Capital Reconstructs

There is a useful way to think about Damascus, and it is different from the way you should think about Aleppo, which was the subject of the first…

Apr 2 • Hani Al Jundi

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March 2026

The Reconstruction Dividend: Aleppo

This is the first in a series examining the reconstruction potential of Syria’s cities, one at a time, through the same analytical lens.

Mar 22 • Hani Al Jundi

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Rebuilding from the Inside

A Conversation with Dr. Salaheddin Safadi, Syria’s Ministry of Health brought in a strategist with a mandate: reconstruct a broken sector and land it…

Mar 18 • Hani Al Jundi

Syria’s Health System, On Paper and Off

Syria’s Ministry of Health just published a strategy that names its own failures, scores its own facilities against poverty data, and frames household…

Mar 12 • Hani Al Jundi

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An Investor's Guide to Syria's New Investment Framework

The operational rules behind Decree 114 are now public, Here’s what investors need to know.

Mar 10 • Hani Al Jundi

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February 2026

Syria’s New Investment Law: An Aggressive Bid for Foreign Capital

Tax exemptions and centralized governance define Damascus’ strategy for increasing first-mover advantage.

Feb 23 • Hani Al Jundi

Syria's Olive Oil Industry by the Numbers

Even after more than a decade of war, Syrian Olive Oil did more than $340 million in exports in 2024.

Feb 12 • Thomas Strong and Haddon Barth

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A Workshop in Damascus, and What It Reveals About Syria’s Industrial Policy

Industry used to anchor Syria’s economy.

Feb 3 • Hani Al Jundi

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