Authorities remove two zeros from the pound, hoping to simplify transactions and regain trust in the battered currency.
Syria introduces new banknotes, removing Assad family images and two zeros
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New banknotes have arrived at money exchanges across Syria, replacing those showing ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad and his family, as the fledgling government hopes the Syrian pound can regain some of the value lost over more than a decade of war.
