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Lifting sanctions will catalyse Syria’s recovery, says its central-bank governor
But the country must also modernise monetary policy, rewire banking and reconnect with global markets, argues Abdulkader ...
EU's Kallas Proposes Further Loosening of Syria Sanctions – Document
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has proposed a further loosening of European sanctions on Syria to ...
The Honeymoon Is Ending in Syria
Five months after its liberation from the police state of Bashar al-Assad, Syria sometimes looks like a country in civil war.
Trump’s embrace of Syria and its jihadist-turned-president could reshape the Middle East
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday had tea with a former jihadist who until recently had a $10 million US bounty on his ...
Explainer-Syria's Economy: the Devastating Impact of War and Sanctions
Syria's economic turmoil worsened in 2019 when neighbouring Lebanon, with which it has extensive economic and financial ties, ...
Trump meets with Syria's interim president after pledging to lift sanctions on war-torn country
President Trump met with Syria's interim President on Wednesday, a day after lifting sanctions and marking a major policy ...
‘Tremendous opportunity’: Trump sets new course for US-Syria relations
President Trump bucked critics in his administration and security hawks in Israel in his decision to lift sanctions on Syria ...
Turkish, US, Syrian top diplomats to weigh details of Syria's release from US sanctions
The foreign ministers of Turkey, the United States and Syria will meet in southern Turkey on Thursday to discuss details of U ...