Cash Crunch Leaves Syrians Queueing For Hours To Collect Salaries

Fuente: International Business Times

Syrian civil servants must queue at one of two state banks or affiliated ATMs, and withdrawals are capped AFP Seated on the pavement outside a bank in central Damascus, Abu Fares's face is worn with exhaustion as he waits to collect a small portion of his pension. "I've been here for four hours and I haven't so much as touched my pension," said the 77-year-old, who did not wish to give his full name. "The cash dispensers are under-stocked and the queues are long," he continued.