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Monday, 5 October 2020

Syria introduces limits on subsidised bread as economic crisis bites

Currency collapse has families turning to black market to get essential foodstuff

The Syrian government has introduced rules limiting the amount of subsidised bread available per person at bakeries, putting larger families at risk of starvation as the country’s crippling economic crisis deepens.

Under a recent government order, a household of two is entitled to just one packet of bread a day; a family of four two packets; and a family of six to three packets. Families of seven or more people, however, are limited to four packets of bread, no matter how many are in the house.

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