Under the Assad government, synagogue keys were reportedly controlled by security agencies. They are now held by a committee under the Foreign Ministry.
The new banknotes remain scarce in markets and daily transactions, leaving Syrians to navigate a disorderly transition that contrasts sharply with the orderly reform they were promised, Ultra Syria writes.
Testimonies collected by Syria TV indicate that some of the figures now presenting themselves as “coordinators” with the Syrian government were involved in abuses against civilians in earlier years.
Collapsing Syria into Damascus, and then collapsing Damascus into its relatively affluent neighborhoods, is a serious distortion, Omar Kaddour writes in al-Modon.
