Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's portrait is printed on a new 2,000-pound banknote that went into circulation on Sunday, marking the first time the Syrian leader has appeared on the Syrian currency, Reuters reported.
Central bank governor Duraid Durgham said the 2,000-pound note was one of several new notes printed years ago but the decision to put it into circulation was delayed "due to the circumstances of the war and exchange rate fluctuations".
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