The Syrian regime forces have ordered al-Qatirji militia to smuggle more wheat from the Kurdish-controlled eastern areas through the Euphrates river crossings in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local news site reported Sunday.
According to the Ain Al-Furat network, the regime forces demanded two trucks of wheat to be smuggled in through the crossings for every truck of other materials.
Al-Qatirji has stopped the smuggling of other materials, including barley, in favor of wheat following the orders issued due to the severe shortage of wheat throughout regime-controlled regions.
The network sources explained that with a number of Russian companies canceling contracts to supply wheat to Syria, the grain is nearly depleted from the regime’s warehouses.
Al-Qatirji brought in about 200 tons of wheat during the past few days from areas held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) through the Boqruss crossing that the militia uses for their smuggling operations.
In regime-controlled areas, the severe bread crisis continues, as Assad’s regime is unable to provide the bare necessities for its people, who stand in long queues for hours to get their rations of subsidized bread, one of the only foods they can still afford at a critical time of severe economic and health crisis.
Zaman Al Wasl
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