At the busy Marjah Square in central Damascus, Rateb Farah, 25, peddles Syrian pounds in stacks on a cardboard box. Sitting ...

Assad’s ouster has seen his Iranian allies end crucial oil supplies. Meanwhile, many economic sanctions that initially ...

Analysts say stabilising the currency and tackling inflation will be Sabreen's key tasks - as well as putting the financial sector back on a sound footing. The Syrian currency's value has tumbled ...

What’s notable about Syria is that subsequent to al-Assad’s fall, foreign-currency exchanges “have sprung up seemingly everywhere.” Illegal under al-Assad such that currency trading was as ...

Syria’s relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for the country’s people after the nations backed autocratic ...

The announcement comes after a week of border clashes between Syrian authorities and Lebanese smuggling gangs in the area.

The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a ...

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Since Islamist rebels overthrew the Assad dictatorship in Syria, Egypt, with parallels in its own recent history, has watched ...

Syria's new authorities have accused Lebanon's Hezbollah of launching attacks on the border and sponsoring drug smuggling ...