CIP in a Week 01: IREX 26, Saudi Fund support, Tiger Group, Sham View, and audit fee cuts
CIP في أسبوع ٠١: أهم الاتفاقيات والمشاريع والعقود في سوريا هذا الأسبوع، من 15 إلى 22 تشرين الأول 2026 — آيريكس 26، دعم الصندوق السعودي للتنمية، مجموعة تايغر، شام فيو، وتخفيض رسوم التدقيق.
The most important agreements, projects and contracts in Syria this week — 15 to 22 October 2026
Prepared by: Construction & Investment Prime (CIP)
Seven items: the IREX 26 exhibition and awards, Saudi Fund support, Tiger Group, Sham View, audit fee cuts, and a German investor delegation. Each item in brief, with a link to the full article on cip.sy.
Full issue on the website:
1. IREX 26 exhibition — 20 to 21 October 2026
The forum concluded its work in the halls of the Seven Gates Hotel in Damascus with the message “From Concrete to Data”: artificial intelligence and building information modelling (BIM) at the heart of the reconstruction projects to come.
Full article: https://cip.sy/?p=5225
2. Honouring real estate and engineering leaders at IREX 26 — 20 October 2026
The forum honoured eight names from real estate investment and development, engineering consultancy, contracting and academia in the IREX 2026 honorary awards, in addition to honouring Engineers Syndicate chief Malek Haj Ali and engineer Luna Rajab (ACE) for the gold sponsorship.
Full article: https://cip.sy/irex-26-honorees/
3. Saudi Fund for Development support — 17 October 2026
The Fund’s board of directors approved financing for 6 projects in Syria with concessional loans worth $406 million — the first package of a $1.5 billion financing line. Next step: signing the first package.
Full article: https://cip.sy/?p=5031
4. Tiger Group × Syrian Investment Authority — 19 October 2026
The two sides discussed projects in real estate, construction, agriculture and an integrated medical city including a university, with a joint working team formed in preparation for contracting.
Full article: https://cip.sy/?p=5077
5. “Sham View” project in Rural Damascus — details announced this week
More than 10,000 residential units on about 178 hectares between Qudsaya suburb and the Dummar project, fully financed by investors.
Full article: https://cip.sy/?p=5019
6. Engineers Syndicate: audit fee cuts of up to 50% — announced at the opening of IREX 26
The cut applies to Arab and foreign companies on condition of registration and accreditation with the Syndicate and working hand in hand with the Syrian engineer — a step that lowers the cost of foreign companies entering the market.
Full article: https://cip.sy/?p=5202
7. German investor delegation with the Minister of Finance — 21 October 2026
Minister of Finance Mohamed Yusr Barnieh discussed with the delegation, in the presence of the German ambassador in Damascus, developing the banking sector in cooperation with German institutions and banks, applying European standards, and encouraging German companies to enter the Syrian market in trade, logistics services, energy and knowledge.
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