DAMASCUS The Syrian pound has begun to recover against the dollar after president Bashar al- Assad 's ouster, moneychangers and traders have said as foreign currencies again became available on the local market. On Dec. 7, the day before Damascus fell to a rebel coalition led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, the rate had plunged to 30,000 pounds to the dollar, halving the value of the local currency compared to just months previously. On Dec. 16, however, the exchange rate was

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