Syrian pound
With Assad gone, Syrian pound starts to recover against dollar
The Syrian pound has begun to recover against the dollar after president Bashar al-Assad's ouster, moneychangers and traders have said as foreign currencies again became available on the local market.
FT report: Assad moves $250 million of Syrian funds to Moscow
Syria’s central bank, under Bashar al-Assad, airlifted some $250 million in cash to Moscow between 2018 and 2019, a period during which the Syrian dictator’s regime was utterly dependent on Russian military support.