⭕️ Syria nears first US bank transaction in over a decade
⭕️ Syria nears first US bank transaction in over a decade
Syria is anticipating its first transaction with a US bank “in a matter of weeks,” according to Syrian central bank governor Abdulkader Husrieh, following a high-level engagement between Syrian and US commercial banks the previous day.
On Wednesday, Husrieh hosted a virtual meeting that included Syrian banks, multiple US banks, and US officials, among them Washington’s Syria Envoy Thomas Barrack.
On Sunday, Husrieh told Reuters that a direct commercial payment was made from a Syrian bank to an Italian one, marking Syria’s first international bank transfer in decades.
