. . . "\u0627\u0644\u0644\u064A\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0648\u0631\u064A\u0629"@en . "The Syrian pound (sign: LS or \u00A3S; Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064A\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0648\u0631\u064A\u0629 al-l\u012Bra as-s\u016Briyya, French: livre syrienne; ISO code: SYP) is the currency of Syria and is issued by the Central Bank of Syria. The pound is subdivided into 100 qirsh (Arabic: \u0642\u0631\u0634 plural: \u0642\u0631\u0648\u0634, qorush, piastres in English or French), although coins in qirsh are no longer issued.Before 1947, the word qirsh was spelled with the initial Arabic letter \u063A, after which the word began with \u0642."@en .