Demonstrations took place in some areas of southern Syria to protest the deteriorating living situation due to the great collapse of the exchange rate of the lira (local currency) and the high prices, on the other hand, America's envoy to Syria, James Jeffrey, revealed that his country made to the regime's president Bashar al-Assad an offer to get out of the currency crisis.

The city of As-Suwayda east of Damascus witnessed demonstrations against the Assad regime, in protest against the deteriorating living conditions, the high prices in the regime-controlled areas, and the inability of the population to secure their needs.

In the city of Tafas in Daraa countryside, near the border with Jordan, demonstrations took place in protest against the regime, which they held responsible for the high prices and the difficult living conditions they were suffering from.

# Trader || Angry demonstrations roam the city of As-Suwayda calling on the Assad regime to leave in the wake of the deterioration of the Syrian pound and the cost of living # Hope_Media # As-Suwayda_Aqtidfa #Syria pic.twitter.com/sKmr6fTrPv

- Alamal Media (@alamlmediatv) June 7, 2020

Historical decline
The protests come at a time when the lira continues to decline significantly against the dollar, recording the lowest level in its history, after the exchange rate of the dollar exceeded three thousand pounds on the black market. The dollar was equal to 45 pounds in 2011, in which the revolution against the Assad regime began.

In a related context, Prime Minister Imad Khamis said that the exchange rate was affected by the tightening of external sanctions and conditions in some neighboring countries. He added that his government was pursuing measures to control the exchange rate, including opening large corruption files and preventing non-lira transactions, and he considered that the US sanctions "target the livelihood of the citizen and the work of his country's institutions."

Assad's Prime Minister Imad Khamis: What is happening today against the Lira is part of the Great Cosmic War. # Comment: Who asks this fool how will the lira stand up without supplies to the treasury?
There is no gas, no oil, no cotton, no wheat, no factories, no ports to send, phosphates to be sold, the border crossings they have sold.
How do you want to fix the lira?

- Brigadier General Ahmed Rahhal (@ rahhalahmad06) June 8, 2020

In return, the American envoy to Syria, James Jeffrey, said that his country had offered Assad a way out of the lira crisis, and that if he was interested in his people, he would accept the offer. Jeffrey added that Washington wants to see a political process, and it may not lead to a change in the regime, as it calls for changing its behavior and not providing it with a haven for "terrorist organizations" or a base for Iran to establish its hegemony over the region.

Caesar's Law
The American envoy considered, in an online meeting, that the sanctions covered by the "Protection of Syrian Civilians" law - known as Caesar's Law - would automatically affect any economic activity, as well as any dealings with the Iranian regime.

Jeffrey attributed the collapse of the lira to American restrictions that prevented the regime from laundering its money in the banks of Lebanon, and to the supposed US response in the event that European countries, China, or the UAE undermined the implementation of the Caesar Law that imposes sanctions on any party in the world that deals with the Damascus government or provides them with funding, including That is the central bank or the Syrian intelligence and security services.