Impact of lifting of US sanctions on Syria will take time to be felt on the ground, experts say

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(3 Jul 2025) SYRIA US SANCTIONS SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTION SUMMARY: LENGTH: 2:40 ASSOCIATED PRESS Damascus, Syria - 2 July 2025 1. Money exchange employee placing money on counter 2. Various of people inside money exchange shop 3. Entrance of Souryana Exchange and Money Transfer Company 4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bahaa Eldin Shaar, owner of Souryana Exchange and Money Transfer Company: "The lifting of sanctions hasn’t yet translated into real change on the ground, and that’s understandable.