{"id":62134,"date":"2021-07-11T08:03:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T08:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=62134"},"modified":"2021-07-11T08:03:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T08:03:51","slug":"assad-raises-employee-salaries-by-50-in-wake-of-price-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/62134\/","title":{"rendered":"Assad raises employee salaries by 50% in wake of price increases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press)<\/strong> &#8211; On Sunday, Syrian President Bashar Assad issued Legislative Decree No. 19, which stipulates an increase in the salaries of state workers by 50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The increase came for both civil and military employees of the state, in addition to raising the maximum salary to 71,515 SYP (22.88 USD) per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decree No. 20 will increase the pensions of retirees by 40%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, the government raised the prices of sugar and rice from 500 (0.16 USD) to 1,000 SYP (0.32 USD) per kilogram, in addition to raising the price of 95-octane gasoline to 3000 pounds (0.96 USD) per liter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by Raghad al-Issa<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) &#8211; On Sunday, Syrian President Bashar Assad issued Legislative Decree No. 19, which stipulates an increase in the salaries of state workers by 50%. The increase came for both civil and military employees of the state, in addition to raising the maximum salary to 71,515 SYP (22.88 USD) per month. 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