April 14, 2021 Meet the Middle East

Syria’s Assad fires central bank chief amid currency failures

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fired the head of the country’s central bank, Hazem Karfoul, on Tuesday.

Syrian state-run media did not offer reasons for the dismissal, but it comes as the country’s currency continues to collapse amid US and international sanctions and an economic crisis in neighboring Lebanon.
Source: Al Monitor
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