In a country with about 1.25 million public sector employees, civil servants must queue at one of two state banks or ...

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Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara has appointed a new central bank governor, in a move aimed at restoring confidence shaken by currency fluctuations that have persisted since the Assad regime was ...

Eid al-Fitr was bittersweet this year for Samah Abdullah, 35, and her family in the Reef Dimashq city of Douma. The daily struggle to make ends meet muddied the “joy of coming together with some ...

Damascus, SANA- The Journalists’ Union has announced the launch of a qualitative package of reforms aimed at enhancing the ...

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Israel carried out airstrikes across Syria, including in the capital Damascus, part of an ongoing campaign to weaken the country’s military capabilities following the overthrow of long-time ...

Israeli armored vehicles maneuvering in the buffer zone at the Quneitra crossing between Israel and Syria, observed from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. The buffer ...

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