Syria Removes Assad's Face from Currency, Replacing Him with National Symbols

Syria Removes Assad's Face from Currency, Replacing Him with National Symbols


“Changing the zeros and removing two zeros from the old currency to the new currency does not mean improving the economy, but rather it is easier to deal with the currency,” he said. Sharaa said the new designs symbolize “the end of a previous, unlamented phase and the beginning of a new phase that the Syrian people, and the peoples of the region who are hopeful about the modern Syrian reality, aspire to.” It’s like they went to a vegetable market and said: this one’s for the five, this one’s for the 10 and this one’s for the 100,” said an even more trenchant critic of the new bills.

Author: John Hayward


Published at: 2025-12-30 23:41:39

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