DAMASCUS (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad has dismissed Syria’s Central Bank Governor Hazem Karfoul, the state news agency reported on Tuesday.
It did not immediately say whether Assad had appointed a replacement. Syria’s decade-long conflict has decimated the economy, and the country also faces Western sanctions.
(Reporting by Kinda Makieh; Editing by Dominic Evans; Editing by Alison Williams)
