Syria restores credit card payments in effort to rejoin the global economy
Syria restores credit card payments in effort to rejoin the global economy.

Syria restores credit card payments in effort to rejoin the global economy.







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A French court has found cement company Lafarge guilty of financing armed groups during the Syrian war.

Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa met with top German officials in a visit to Berlin to discuss cooperation.
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