Today the news coming out of Syria are mostly connected to the raids done by the Americans and their “allies,” on the 22nd of September, 2014.  The Dollar rates vs the Syrian Pound/Lira is still showing effects related to fears of the scope of the American attacks.  So the Dollar continue to go up.  The American attacks made all of the hard line Islamist groups worry, for example, Ahrar al-Sham issued instructions expecting hits on its locations, arms, and men.  The Islamic State is reorganizing its existence as well.