FEATURE-Syria now running a war economy as conflict spreads
* Conflict forces govt to raise spending but revenues plunging * Economic resources being directed to govt supporters * Syria relying on aid from Iran, Russia - economists * Govt may have to print...
View ArticleRPT-Syria's war-battered pound floats on rebel funds
* Foreign cash flows and central bank cushion pound's fall * Bankers say central bank reduces sales of dollars * Syrian pound has fallen less than Iranian rial By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, Dec 23...
View ArticleSyria's war-battered pound floats on rebel funds
AMMAN (Reuters) - In Syria's eastern town of Deir al-Zor, a rebel commander flush with cash was swapping his dollars for Syrian pounds to pay fighters battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces....
View ArticleInternational Effort Aims to Refer Syria to ICC
Fifty-seven countries, led by Switzerland, are calling for the United Nations Security Council to refer the Syria conflict to the International Criminal Court for an investigation into war crimes. The...
View ArticleCivil war leaves Syrian economy, cities in ruins
Photos BEIRUT - (AP) -- In Syria's cities and towns, entire blocks of apartment buildings have been shattered, their top floors reduced to pancaked slabs of concrete. Centuries-old markets have been...
View ArticleSyrians struggle with shortages as economy buckles - Wire World News - The...
BEIRUT -- Already grappling with severe fuel shortages and winter temperatures that drop below freezing, Syrians now must spend hours in line every day for gasoline or a few loaves of bread at soaring...
View Article>Syrians struggle with shortages as economy buckles
BEIRUT (AP) — Already grappling with severe fuel shortages and winter temperatures that drop below freezing, Syrians now must spend hours in line every day for gasoline or a few loaves of bread at...
View ArticleSyrians struggle with shortages as economy buckles
BEIRUT (AP) — Grappling with severe fuel shortages and winter temperatures that drop below freezing, Syrians are spending hours in line every day for gasoline or a few loaves of bread at soaring prices...
View ArticleAs war ravages economy, Syrians wrestle with blackouts, shortages of fuel and...
FILE - In this Saturday, March 3, 2012 file photo, Men try to get gasoline at a gas station in downtown Idlib, north Syria. Syrians face extended blackouts amid severe fuel shortages in the middle of...
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