Director of the Syrian Grain Foundation in northeastern Qamishli city was arrested along with three engineers for the poor storage of wheat and the discovery of a smuggling warehouse, in light of a worsening bread crisis.
After the arrest of Obaida Al-Ali over charges of negligence due to the poor conditions of storage of wheat, the head of the Gormuz center in the regional capital of Hasakah escaped along with a number of workers.
The Hasakah press office said that a warehouse used to store and smuggle grain in Gormuz center was seized, as well as two vehicles loaded with wheat with 4 others managing to escape towards Kurdish-controlled areas.
A number of sacks of wheat in a good condition were also found among the spoiled stacks to be sold to a private contractor.
The deteriorating production of bread throughout areas controlled by the regime has led to the implementation of a rationing system, with people having to wait in long queues in front of bakeries to get their allocations of bread despite the imposed curfew as a preventive measure against the spread of Coronavirus.
The 2019 crop was stored in piles out in the open, covered with canvas with no rain insulators that led to it rotting due to leaks. According to the sources, the regime plans to establish a grain center near the Kawkab military base east of of Hasaka.
Zaman Al Wasl
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