Syria's president pays for coffee with Visa card as Damascus rejoins financial systems

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What happened
Syria's president paid for a coffee in Damascus with a Visa card this week to mark the country's removal from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism and the reconnection of its banks to the global financial system.
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