Syrian transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Central Bank Governor Abdulkader Husrieh unveiled Syria’s new currency, which includes six denominations, during a ceremony at the Conference Palace in Damascus on Monday evening, 29 December.

Al-Sharaa said there are several concepts that must be clarified during the currency exchange phase, foremost among them that adjusting the zeros and removing two zeros from the currency does not mean the economy has improved, but is meant to make handling cash easier.

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