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Syrian lira' by removing two zeros from the current currency, which has become an urgent necessity, Syrian economist George ...

Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara has appointed a new central bank governor, in a move aimed at restoring confidence shaken by ...

The Israeli army carried out multiple airstrikes in different parts of Syria on Wednesday, including the capital Damascus, ...

American authors Elizabeth Strout and Miranda July are among finalists announced Wednesday for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, ...

Suspected U.S. airstrikes struck around Yemen’s rebel-held capital overnight into Monday morning, attacks that the ...

Suspected U.S. airstrikes struck around Yemen's rebel-held capital overnight into Monday morning, and the Iranian-backed ...

The National Crime Agency has launched an investigation into Turkish barber shops across the UK amid concerns that premises ...

Since the onset of the conflict in 2011, the economic situation in Syria has sharply deteriorated. More than 90% of the Syrian population 1 is now living below the poverty line. During the conflict, ...

Marook, a sweet bread eaten during Ramadan in Syria, used to be a simple loaf, but now the list of choices can be as long as the lines of customers.

The Central Bank of Syria has raised the rate of the Syrian pound from 13,200 to 12,000 liras to the dollar, in an attempt to eliminate the black market currency exchange industry. The move is seen as ...

More than three months after the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, Germany reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday. The embassy, which was closed in 2012 amid the Syrian civil war ...