Syria welcomed the new year by replacing the Assad regime-era banknotes with a new currency, which Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa described as encapsulating “the nature of Syria and its virtues.” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crowds could be seen gathering outside money exchange stores in the capital Damascus, where people swapped their old notes for the ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria started the process of circulating new currency bills on Saturday as the crisis-hit nation seeks to stabilize the economy as it recovers from the fall of Bashar Assad’s ...

A man displays an old 2,000-Syrian-pound banknote next to the newly circulating 10- and 500-pound notes inside a currency exchange office in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026.