Presidential Decree Increasing Retirees’ Pensions
On Tuesday, President Ahmed Al-Shara issued Decree No. (135) of 2026, which grants pensioners covered by the Insurance and Pensions Law and the Social Insurance Law a 30 percent increase in their pension benefits effective as of the date this decree takes effect. Pensioners covered by the Insurance and Pensions Law and the Social Insurance Law, as amended, shall be granted an increase of / 30% / thirty percent on the pension due as of the effective date of this decree, provided that the new pension shall not be less than the general minimum wage specified in Decree No. (67) of 2026, amounting to / 120,560 / New Syrian Pounds. The new retirement pension for any employee of public entities or entities that apply the provisions of Legislative Decree No. / 60/ of 2013, upon retirement after the effective date of this decree, shall not be less than the pension to which they would have been entitled had they retired on the day prior to its effective date, plus the increase stipulated in Article 1 of this decree.