Translation by Yusra Ahmed
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Many families in Eastern countryside of Hasaka have started relying on the seasonal grasses and plants as an essential source of food as a result of the increase prices of the foods and other products which are not affordable for many of them.
A lady was collecting some plants and grasses from a field near her village confirmed that many families rely on spring’s rainfed grasses and plants, as they boil them and add some anion and oil and give them to children.
In her talk to Zaman Al Wasl, the lady commented: “we used to eat these kind of plants as a change and to add some variation to our usual meals, but now and because of poverty and high prices of food, they have became the main meal for many families for lunch and dinner”.
People in villages of the Eastern countryside of Hasaka especially Alhol, suffer of poverty and unemployment resulted from the state of instability and frequent leaving of their houses after controlling their areas by Syrian Democratic Forces “SDF” in November 2015, added to the high increase in prices after closing roads leading to Hasaka city centre and preventing products from Iraq, according to activist Malaz Yusuf.
Yusuf detailed prices of some essential products like 1 kilogram of sugar equal to 450 Syrian pound (SP), while 1 kg of tea reaches to 2400 SP, vegetable gee reaches to 500 SP, while a bag of 8 loafs of bread is sold for 250 SP.
The activist has drawn attention to the increasing number of kids and males who work in weeding cumin crops and others, which used to be women’s job before, as men’s main work was trading and planting.
The activist mentioned that the “house of people” of the Democratic union Party “PYD” has announced 100 job vacancies to work in electricity and water and fodder, however the priority would be given to people loyal to the party.
Aid is still given to people in villages of the area, however not all intended families have their portions, as Ehsan Charitable association cooperates with the World Food Programme “WFP” to send committees to the area to estimate the need, but many people under the control of Syrian security forces in Qamishli are deprived of aid.
Villages of Tal-Hamis, Alhol, Tal-Barak of Arab majority have been controlled by the PYD following the withdrawal of the Islamic State taking advantage of air strikes and support of the US-led alliance last year. Lots of people were displaced to neighbouring areas, and many of them left to Iraq.
Syrian Defence Forces “SDF” was formed in mid-October 2015, as an alliance between the powerful Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and rebel groups including Arab and Assyrian militias to fight Islamic State. But few weeks later SDF had engaged in fighting with moderate rebels groups amid reports of unspoken coordination with Syrian regime forces and Russia.
Amnesty International accused last October the Kurdish armed units in northern Syria of razing Arab and Turkmen villages, actions it says amounted to war crimes.
The alleged abuses took place in areas administered by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), affiliate of the Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Since its start in 2011, Syria's war has fractured into a complex array of fronts between Kurds, rebels, regime and jihadists, resulted in death of almost 300,000 people and more than 10 million were displaced internally or sought refuge in neighboring countries or overseas.
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Many families in Eastern countryside of Hasaka have started relying on the seasonal grasses and plants as an essential source of food as a result of the increase prices of the foods and other products which are not affordable for many of them.
A lady was collecting some plants and grasses from a field near her village confirmed that many families rely on spring’s rainfed grasses and plants, as they boil them and add some anion and oil and give them to children.
In her talk to Zaman Al Wasl, the lady commented: “we used to eat these kind of plants as a change and to add some variation to our usual meals, but now and because of poverty and high prices of food, they have became the main meal for many families for lunch and dinner”.
People in villages of the Eastern countryside of Hasaka especially Alhol, suffer of poverty and unemployment resulted from the state of instability and frequent leaving of their houses after controlling their areas by Syrian Democratic Forces “SDF” in November 2015, added to the high increase in prices after closing roads leading to Hasaka city centre and preventing products from Iraq, according to activist Malaz Yusuf.
Yusuf detailed prices of some essential products like 1 kilogram of sugar equal to 450 Syrian pound (SP), while 1 kg of tea reaches to 2400 SP, vegetable gee reaches to 500 SP, while a bag of 8 loafs of bread is sold for 250 SP.
The activist has drawn attention to the increasing number of kids and males who work in weeding cumin crops and others, which used to be women’s job before, as men’s main work was trading and planting.
The activist mentioned that the “house of people” of the Democratic union Party “PYD” has announced 100 job vacancies to work in electricity and water and fodder, however the priority would be given to people loyal to the party.
Aid is still given to people in villages of the area, however not all intended families have their portions, as Ehsan Charitable association cooperates with the World Food Programme “WFP” to send committees to the area to estimate the need, but many people under the control of Syrian security forces in Qamishli are deprived of aid.
Villages of Tal-Hamis, Alhol, Tal-Barak of Arab majority have been controlled by the PYD following the withdrawal of the Islamic State taking advantage of air strikes and support of the US-led alliance last year. Lots of people were displaced to neighbouring areas, and many of them left to Iraq.
Syrian Defence Forces “SDF” was formed in mid-October 2015, as an alliance between the powerful Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and rebel groups including Arab and Assyrian militias to fight Islamic State. But few weeks later SDF had engaged in fighting with moderate rebels groups amid reports of unspoken coordination with Syrian regime forces and Russia.
Amnesty International accused last October the Kurdish armed units in northern Syria of razing Arab and Turkmen villages, actions it says amounted to war crimes.
The alleged abuses took place in areas administered by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), affiliate of the Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Since its start in 2011, Syria's war has fractured into a complex array of fronts between Kurds, rebels, regime and jihadists, resulted in death of almost 300,000 people and more than 10 million were displaced internally or sought refuge in neighboring countries or overseas.
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