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The bank-to-bank transfer using the SWIFT system was symbolically important, indicating the war-torn country was reintegrating into the global financial community.
By Neil MacFarquhar and Reham Mourshed
Syria took a small but significant step toward rejoining the international banking system with the announcement on Thursday that the country had completed its first electronic transfer in 14 years with a Western bank.
The transfer, to a European bank earlier this week, was considered a sign that despite the escalating tensions in the Middle East, a few green shoots were emerging in the effort to foster renewed economic life in Syria after its devastating civil war.
