![FILE - In this January 13, 2010 file photo, Syrian employees stack packets of Syrian currency in the Central Syrian Bank in, Damascus, Syria. In Syria nowadays, there is an impending fear that all doors are closing. After nearly a decade of war, the country is crumbling under the weight of years-long western sanctions, government corruption and infighting, a pandemic and an economic downslide made worse by the financial crisis in Lebanon, Syria's main link with the outside world. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/6TQLRFYNUAQMDFXIYERXRRY37Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=ecc9d32fb45247e00a1a3825fafe85d5b4c4bbd37092ff960981635684b9cd9d&width=400&height=225)
FILE - In this January 13, 2010 file photo, Syrian employees stack packets of Syrian currency in the Central Syrian Bank in, Damascus, Syria. In Syria nowadays, there is an impending fear that all doors are closing. After nearly a decade of war, the country is crumbling under the weight of years-long western sanctions, government corruption and infighting, a pandemic and an economic downslide made worse by the financial crisis in Lebanon, Syria's main link with the outside world. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
FILE - In this January 13, 2010 file photo, Syrian employees stack packets of Syrian currency in the Central Syrian Bank in, Damascus, Syria. In Syria nowadays, there is an impending fear that all dooShow more
Syrians fear knock-on effects of US ‘Caesar Act’ sanctions
The new sanctions, the heaviest to date, are going to hit Syrian workers hardest
Tessa Fox
17 June, 2020
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