Sentence examples for syrian traders from inspiring English sources
This community includes Lebanese and Syrian traders; a growing number of French engaged in agriculture, business, and technical occupations; and Liberians, Sierra Leoneans, and Ivoirians, mainly refugees.
Few fighters are keen to hand over too much power to the local military councils that have sprung up to co-ordinate local groups.In part this is due to the many sources of funding: wealthy Syrian traders, Syria's Turkish-backed branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and rich people and governments from the Gulf, especially Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Another study, by Soner Çağaptay, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, pointed out that many Syrian traders from places like Aleppo, which has been devastated by the civil war, have moved their operations across the border to cities in southern Turkey, boosting business there.
These films are used to attract funding, which comes mainly from wealthy Syrians abroad and Gulf traders.
A Syrian expatriate currency market trader, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he has relatives in the country, said he believed the credit line from Iran was a short-term psychological tool and might not even exist.
Unlike the vast majority of traders, these men are Syrian, not Turkish, and eager to show their wares to a foreigner.
Arrests of currency traders, for example, have not stopped the Syrian pound from losing half its value in recent months, fuelling a frightening surge in inflation, amid widening shortages.Mr Assad's grim obstinacy has had another effect.
David Madden, market analyst at IG, said: Traders find themselves under less pressure now the Syrian situation has cooled down.
Business on the Turkish-Syrian border is bustling, despite the lengthy delays faced by traders.
"The great thing is that a whole list of American companies were buying Syrian oil, including ExxonMobil, but they wouldn't buy Iraqi oil," said one oil trader.
There are even reports that they have been forcing traders to stay open through prayers, so that they can collect more money from them – around 1,500 Syrian pounds (around £5) each time.
