Syria’s Assad orders 50% raise in career soldiers’ pay

Syrian President Bashar Assad has ordered a 50 percent raise in career soldiers’ pay in a decree issued as the army presses a counteroffensive against Islamist-led rebels.

The decree, which was published by the official SANA news agency, made clear that the raise applies only to soldiers on active duty, not to reservists or veterans.

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