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  "id": "news-oct22-more-syria-lebanon-finance-banking-technical-team-20261016",
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  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/syria-lebanon-finance-banking-technical-team-20261016",
  "slug": "syria-lebanon-finance-banking-technical-team-20261016",
  "category": "policy-standards",
  "publishDate": "2026-10-16",
  "sourceName": "Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)",
  "sourceUrl": "https://sana.sy/economy/syrian-economy/2608580/",
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  "tags": [
    "Syria",
    "Lebanon",
    "Banking cooperation",
    "Financial policy",
    "Trade"
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  "content": {
    "title": "Syria and Lebanon agree to form a joint finance and banking team",
    "summary": "The planned team will discuss challenges and options; no regulatory change or financial agreement was announced.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "paragraphs": [
          "Syria and Lebanon agreed to form a joint technical team on financial and banking cooperation during a meeting in Bangkok on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings. The planned team is to include representatives from both countries’ finance ministries and central banks and discuss current challenges and possible solutions. The stated aims include stronger coordination and wider investment and trade relations. The announcement concerned formation of a working group, not a completed regulatory change or financial agreement."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)",
            "url": "https://sana.sy/economy/syrian-economy/2608580/"
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