Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree Thursday to increase the salaries of Syrian government workers and pensioners amid the collapse of the Syrian pound.
"The decree provides for an increase of 20,000 Syrian pounds (about $ 28) over the monthly salaries and wages of the military and civilians," the pages of social media sites affiliated with the Syrian presidency said.
The decree also stipulates an increase of 16,000 Syrian pounds (about $ 22) on the salaries of retirees.
The presidential pages showed that the salary increase came after a series of meetings started since the middle of this year between the teams and the competent government committees, and to discuss all the data and data, and after the ratification of the results of the Economic Committee and presented to the Council of Ministers in its last meeting held on Sunday.
The average monthly salary in Syria ranges between 40 thousand pounds ($ 55) and the average monthly salary for employees in Syria at the beginning of events in mid-2011 is about 20,000 pounds (400 dollars).
Since the beginning of this month, Syria is witnessing a remarkable rise in the dollar exchange rates, where the exchange rate of one dollar exceeded 725 Syrian pounds, causing a significant rise in all food and consumer prices.