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False improvement and speculation: What is happening to the Syrian pound?
Syrian markets are experiencing instability in the prices of basic goods as the black market exchange rate of the pound ...
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Upcoming Paris Syria conference to define effective aid framework, not raise funds
According to the French authorities, the main objective of the meeting is "to develop a strategy with the Syrians to coordinate international aid" and define "the modalities for delivering this aid on ...
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Demand for fuel sold on the streets of Damascus surges
DAMASCUS, Syria - The number of fuel vendors on the streets of Damascus has recently surged dramatically. They sell various ...
Counter-terror review linked to MP’s murder ‘clearly inadequate’
Former MP Anna Firth criticised a review of how terrorist Ali Harbi Ali was dealt with under a counter-terrorism scheme.
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'We are victims of exclusion': Syrian minister stresses 'urgent need' to lift sanctions
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani calls for the lifting of economic sanctions, highlighting the urgent need for ...
El Mundo on MSN1d
The 'industry' of looting debris from the Bashar Asad regime
The regime of the Syrian dictator systematically devastated numerous cities, preventing the displaced from returning to their places of origin. The presence of the new governor of Damascus, Maher ...
Syria’s dire economic woes threaten to undermine its new government
Assad’s ouster has seen his Iranian allies end crucial oil supplies. Meanwhile, many economic sanctions that initially ...
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Syrians baffled by sharply fluctuating currency
At the busy Marjah Square in central Damascus, Rateb Farah, 25, peddles Syrian pounds in stacks on a cardboard box. Sitting ...