Syrian Pound

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Syrian Pound

The currency of Syria. It was introduced after World War I under the French Mandate. It was first pegged to the French franc, then the British pound and finally the U.S. dollar. Now, the Central Bank of Syria sets official exchange rates, but these can vary widely from the black market exchange rates. There are restrictions in place on how many pounds can leave the country at a given time. It is known as the pound in English, the livre in French, and the lira in Arabic.

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"While the purchasing power of the Syrian currency has dropped following the Arab League decision, the exchange rate keeps going up: We now exchange every Dh1 with 14.52 Syrian liras. Few days back it was around 13 lira."

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"Today's decision is aimed at making it very difficult to make any transactions in anything other than the Syrian lira," Yazigi told AFP, adding that the goal was to "control the exchange rate".

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In late 1992, the Syrian minister of economy, Mohammad al Imadi, indicated that the Syrian lira would become fully convertible on world currency markets by mid-1993, but the law remains in force today.

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Also, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that over 2,680 civilians in Afrin have been detained by the Turkish army and affiliated militants, adding that they receive over 10mln Syrian lira for releasing the detained people.

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The SDF fighters also asked for the payment of a sum of about 100,000 Syrian liras from any vehicle trying to leave the SDF-controlled region for Hasaka.

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Another grandson gave her a wad of Syrian liras. "Pack these away before the Syrian checkpoint.

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However, security survey at the crime site has resulted in confiscating four explosive belts, six grenades, two 9 mm-pistols equipped with mufflers, SR60,000, 5400 Iraqi Dinars, 5000 Syrian Liras, and $1800, a number of mobile telephones, including site fixing devices, the spokesman said.

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Ahmad, a Syrian who left his home in the city of Aleppo, opened a barber shop four months ago in Sheikh Najjar, offering a shave and a cut for 150 Syrian liras (a little under a dollar), and is now getting more than 100 clients a day.

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She agreed to pay one million Syrian Liras in addition to giving up some of her jewelry in return for her husband's freedom.

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The value of the insurance market skyrocketed to 14.3 billion Syrian liras

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The conversations indicate that two people met in Latakia on May 8, three days before the bombings, and received 5 million Syrian liras. Eskiocak then contacted Genc in Hatay and made the necessary plans.