Despite its high prices, Damascus sells good gold and its citizens pay for it to save money.

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Despite its high prices, Damascus sells good gold and its citizens pay for it to save money.

Damascus — Melissa Sperr: The price of local gold has risen to an unprecedented level in its history, where the price of a gram of gold has reached 21 trillion lire, and yet the Damascus markets have seen a steady rise in buying and selling of gold earrings and nights to save money from citizens, according to the head of the Damascus crafts union, Hasan Moussani, who revealed in a statement to October that the main reason for the rise in the pri…