Syria's new rulers are combing through the billion-dollar corporate empires of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's allies, and ...

Sanctions on Syrian Banks Choke Recovery Hopes, Investment Chief Says By Timour Azhari DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Western sanctions on Syria's banking sector are preventing critical investments in the ...

FILE PHOTO: A view of Syrian central bank, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus,Syria, January 12, 2025. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi/File Photo UPDATED Jan 24, 2025, 01:52 AM ...

Other measures eyed by the bloc include removing several banks from the sanctions list, and partially lifting some restrictions previously imposed on Syria’s central bank to allow it to make ...

focused on the energy sector and financial transfers to Syrian governing authorities, but kept sanctions in place on the central bank, keeping Syria cut off from the international financial system.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria's central bank has ordered commercial banks to freeze all accounts tied to people and companies linked to the ousted regime of former President Bashar al-Assad ...

focused on the energy sector and financial transfers to Syrian governing authorities, but kept sanctions in place on the central bank, keeping Syria cut off from the international financial system.