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Syria's growth accelerates as sanctions ease, refugees return, central bank chief says

Syria's economy is growing much faster than the World Bank's 1% estimate for 2025 as refugees flow back after the end of a 14-year civil war, fueling plans for the relaunch of the country's currency and efforts to build a new Middle East financial hub, central bank Governor AbdulKader Husrieh said on Thursday. [...]