The Syrian pound cannot be exchanged outside of the country.

Investments must be for a minimum of 10 million Syrian pounds.

“Millions of Syrian pounds are coming from these people,” he claims.

At the start of the political crisis, both the official and the black market rates were around 47.5 Syrian pounds to the dollar.

The value of the Syrian pound has dropped against the dollar and prices have shot up.

The fine would be between five million and 10 million Syrian pounds.

The Syrian pound has fallen on the black market to its lowest point yet.

The Syrian pound has crashed to one sixth of its value two years ago.

And the value of the Syrian pound has been falling steeply.

"The exchange rate of the Syrian pound has remained more or less stable.

A run on the currency, the Syrian pound, was only averted after the central bank raised interest rates.

At the start of the conflict, the dollar stood at 47 Syrian pounds.

The Syrian pound has tumbled from 47 to the dollar when fighting broke out to around 250 today.

The Syrian pound currently trades around 200 to the dollar, compared with 47 before the crisis.

The Syrian pound is worth a third less.

According to one estimate, $20 billion has left the country since March, putting pressure on the Syrian pound.

That pressure, and the continuing violence, has driven the value of the Syrian pound down by 50 percent on the black market, exchange dealers said.

The move comes as a 10-month political crisis has pushed the Syrian pound to record lows against the dollar on the black market.

More sales will follow: this year’s projected bond issuance is 30 billion Syrian pounds.

The regime has drawn on foreign currency reserves to stabilise the Syrian pound.

The exchange rate in Damascus on the Syrian pound has dropped steadily.

International economic sanctions continue to hit hard, with the Syrian pound dropping precipitously against the dollar in the past few months.

A government intervention last week to buy Syrian pounds from money exchanges at 250 to the dollar appears to have injected some stability.

He dismissed reports that Iran had transferred six billion dollars to support the Syrian pound.

State currency reserves have been depleted and the Syrian pound has lost nearly half its value, adding to import problems.