Syrian Pound
a.k.a. SYP, Syrian lira
Syria's currency, which lost most of its value during years of civil war and sanctions.
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Syria's currency, which lost most of its value during years of civil war and sanctions.
The Syrian pound (SYP) is Syria's money. Over more than a decade of civil war, sanctions and economic collapse, it lost the vast majority of its value against the dollar, and official and black-market rates drifted far apart. It is not tradeable on mainstream platforms; it is a stark example of how conflict destroys a currency.
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