Le régime syrien augmente drastiquement le prix des carburants
Long lines in front of gas stations and bakeries have become a sad routine for Syrians who depend more than ever on aid from the state and humanitarian organizations to survive.
Wheat flour and fuel are subsidized, but the regime is finding it increasingly difficult to provide enough.
The prices on the black market are exploding.
Nine years of war have devastated the country and its infrastructure and dried up state resources.
Under the combined effect of international sanctions targeting oil products, the crisis in neighboring Lebanon, Damascus's financial lung, and the health crisis, the Syrian currency and its economy are sinking.
The regime naturally denounces the international isolation to which it is subject to justify the austerity measures.
No question of recognizing a disastrous management of infrastructure.
" No choice "
Rising fuel prices may seem unpopular, but Syria has no choice, says Syrian academic Elia Kajamini.
“
Soon the Americans will impose sanctions on the air we breathe.
They destroyed our economy.
Donald Trump is responsible for this situation.
It is the Americans and the Syrian Kurds who are diverting our oil and each takes their share of the pie.
They joined forces against us,
”he accuses.
In eastern Syria, the country's oil wells are indeed located.
This region is controlled by Syrian Kurds allied with Washington.
Since last June, American sanctions have prohibited the delivery of black gold to the regime's areas.
Faced with this, only one solution, advocates the Syrian intellectual Elia Kajamini: "the resistance".
“
We will adapt to all situations,”
he promises.
If we used to eat two loaves of bread a day, well now we will only eat one.
We already don't eat meat anymore, so what's the problem?
We'll eat eggs instead when we can.
But the Syrian people will never bow to the pressure, we still prefer to starve.
"
80% of Syrians in poverty
On social networks, Syrians fear a rise in prices which will have repercussions on many other products.
In an attempt to offset the increase in fuel prices, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has decreed income tax relief and a bonus for public sector employees, civilians and military.
But that might not be enough.
Eighty percent of Syrians already live in poverty.
As winter approaches, the World Food Program estimates that more than 2 million Syrians are at risk of being pushed into famine and food insecurity.
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