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Visa and Mastercard Services Resume in Syria After 15 Years of Suspension

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نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. Banking and payment services provided by Visa and Mastercard have reportedly become functional again in Syria, marking the first restoration of international card operations in the country after a 15-year hiatus, video: Visa and Mastercard services resume in Syria after 15 years of suspension pic.twitter.com/5pwYWkc0AY— Cedar News (@cedar_new…
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One of the first steps the international system took against the Syrian regime when the civil war began in 2011 was to block access to international credit card payment systems, in an attempt to economically strangle the Assad regime. Today, more than a year after its fall and months after the lifting of sanctions by the United States, the first international credit card transaction was made in the country for the first time in more than a decad…

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Syria has announced the launch of the first trial of an electronic payment system connected to global financial networks Visa and MasterCard. The Syrian Ministry of Communications and Technology has unveiled the first domestic payment network linked to global credit card systems, a move that officially marks the country’s entry into the international digital payments system. ​Syrian Minister of Communications and Technology, Abdel Salam Haykal…

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kikar.co.il broke the news on Sunday, May 10, 2026.
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