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Syria’s president using Visa credit card for first time after country taken off terror list #shorts
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0:31Now PlayingSyrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa used a Visa credit card for the first time ever in his country following the State Department’s decision to remove his country from its state sponsors of terrorism list.
Al-Sharaa appeared to purchase coffee or tea in Old Damascus during a sit-down with Syria’s central bank governor Mohammed Safwat Raslan in a video released by the government.
“For more than fifteen years, this simple transaction was impossible,” Syria’s new rapid response account posted on X Wednesday with a video of the purchase. “Today, in the oldest continuously inhabited capital in the world, Syria’s return to the global financial system became a fact.”
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