A merchant holds a Syrian pound note, bearing a portrait of late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, at a market in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeast Syria on September 10, 2019. - The declining value of the pound is a sure sign of Syria's ailing economy.
The civil war has battered the country's finances and depleted its foreign reserves.
A flurry of international sanctions on President Bashar al-Assad's regime and associated businessmen since the start of the war in 2011 has compounded the situation. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)