CASH
Pickup on the ground
The usual route. Euros out, pounds collected.
RUNNING
As of 21 August 2026 · which route is running
For the roughly 725,000 Syrians in Germany that is the question — not the pound's rate. Other sites track the rate. Here: routes, conditions, dates.
EXCHANGE
Transfer offices
Own networks. Check registration.
CHECK
BANK
Wire
Still heavily restricted.
RESTRICTED
Parallel-market reference
133.45
new SYP per USD · median of 17 P2P offers · 21 August 2026
For comparison: in early August 2026 the central bank published an official rate near 122 new SYP per US dollar, while parallel-market quotes sat around 130. The P2P median shown here falls within the same range.
Currency reform
10,000 old = 100 new
Syria dropped two zeros from the pound on 1 January 2026: 100 old pounds equal 1 new pound. Every figure on this site is in NEW pounds. Older rates circulating online are 100 times larger — a common and expensive misreading when comparing.