al-Sharq

al-Shark

The earliest evidence of beer in Syria came from the Ebla tablets, discovered in 1974 in Ebla and presumed to go back to 2500 BC, reveal that the city produced a variety of beers, including one that appears to have been named after the city "Ebla". In modern Syria, the production and distribution of beer was[when?] controlled by the government, and most widely sold to tourists through the army's Military Social Establishment supermarket chain and through mini markets in city centres. Production of the country's two local brands, al-Shark and Barada (from Damascus) was halted in 2011 due to the outbreak of civil war. A brewery known as Afamia was opened in 2010 in Adra near Damascus. By the end of 2017, the Arados brewery was opened in the town of Safita in Tartus Governorate.

Source: Wikipedia