IDF will have ‘complete freedom of action’ in Gaza after war has ended, Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz saidReuters has been told by sources that Syria has only a small amount of foreign currency reserves in cash.Here is an extract from the Reuters report:Syria’s gold reserves stood at 25.8 tons in June 2011, according to the World Gold Council, which cites the Central Bank of Syria as its data source. That is worth $2.2bn at current market prices, according to Reuters calculations.The central bank’s foreign exchange reserves amount, however, to just around $200m in cash, one of the sources told Reuters, while another said the US dollar reserves were “in the hundreds of millions”. Continue reading…
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Author : Yohannes Lowe
Publish date : 2024-12-17 11:53:35
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Middle East crisis live: Israel says it will maintain ‘security control’ of Gaza after war
