Friday 13 September 2013

Syrians wait in line to buy bread at al-Shaalan market in Damascus August 28, 2013. REUTERS/ Khaled al-Hariri

Insight - Syria govt struggles
with supplies, but holding on

"Syria's worst harvest in decades, as civil war rages, means more pressure to import on a government whose currency reserves are dwindling - even if support from Assad's sponsor Iran, and a shrinking population to support as Syrians flee the country and provinces fall to rebel control, ease the burden and buy time."

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