Sentence examples for Syrian lira from inspiring English sources

The value of the Syrian lira has finally dropped below half of what it was a year ago, scores of hacked Assad emails – callous and out of touch – have just been leaked to the public, two car bombs have exploded in Damascus, and Russia has proclaimed Kofi Annan's peace plan as Syria's last hope to avoid a prolonged and gruesome civil war.

The devaluation of the Syrian lira coupled with international sanctions and the government's destruction of its own industries has resulted in unprecedented unemployment rates.

Arriving in Beirut after bribing Syrian border authorities with 2,000 Syrian lira, he continued his activism, networking with members of the Free Syrian Army to facilitate the safe-passage of foreign journalists seeking to report from within Syria. .

Taxis are so expensive, and the Syrian lire is losing its value day by day.

I was moved two more times before my family bribed an officer with 400,000 Syrian lire to put my name on top of a list of detainees who would be heard by a judge.

Prior to going into Syria, the Turkish currency exchanger joked: "next time you should bring a suitcase to carry your Syrian liras".

In another Istanbul workshop where Syrian refugees are working for 950 lira (£223) per month for a minimum of 60 hours a week, the clothes are made for German brands Orsay and Margittes.

"I don't like this, because these people are going to be here forever, and they will cause problems," said Mr. Bayramoglu, who added that his farm was picked bare of grapes and cherries by Syrian refugees and that he now earned only 10 Turkish lira, or $5.50, a day from his tea stand.

According to their surveys of Syrians in Istanbul, 60% of Syrian families have a household income between 500 and 1,500 Turkish lira (£120-£360) a month.

A key aim of the new work permits is to ensure Syrian refugees in Turkey receive the minimum wage, currently set at 1,647 lira a month (£379).

"There are so many Syrians here in Lebanon now that many Lebanese are offering as little as 10,000 lira (approx £4) for a day's manual labour," says Yasser Al-Hassan, who hails from the town of Mehardeh in Homs province.