Assad decrees expand Syrian universities, formalize Idlib University

President Assad issued eight legislative decrees approving 24 faculties and institutes for Idlib University and establishing new faculties at Aleppo, Hama, Euphrates, Tartous, and Lattakia universities. This formalizes higher education expansion in Idlib, a former opposition stronghold, signaling state reassertion of control. The move is largely administrative and domestic, with limited direct market or geopolitical impact.

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