Switzerland said on Friday it will lift a raft of economic sanctions imposed on Syria, including the Middle Eastern country's ...

The bank-to-bank transfer using the SWIFT system was symbolically important, indicating the war-torn country was ...

Syria makes first SWIFT transfer in 14 years as sanctions ease, as central bank pushes to restore US ties and fund post-war ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria this week carried out its first international bank transfer via the SWIFT international payment ...

DAMASCUS: Syria expects to have its first transaction with a US bank “in a matter of weeks”, Syrian central bank governor ...

Syria has carried out its first international bank transaction via the SWIFT system since the outbreak of its 14-year civil ...

Syria expects to have its first transaction with a U.S. bank "in a matter of weeks", Syrian central bank governor Abdelkader ...

The International Monetary Fund had said it visited Syria for the first time since 2009 as the country scrambles to rebuild ...

Despite the challenges ahead, the IMF said it is developing a roadmap for Syria’s policy and capacity building priorities for ...

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Ron van Rooden, visited Damascus from June 1–5, 2025, to assess the economic and financial conditions in the country, discuss the ...

The Syrian Central Bank and other lenders will now be able to access the European financial market once again. However, economic sanctions based on security reasons will remain in place.

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