Government ovens closed their doors to civilians in southern Sweida province amid reports new reduction in flour allocation to 16 percent, local news website reported.
Sweida24 said the manager of the main oven in Sweida city had assured that regulations and instructions would not allow the sale of bread directly from the windows of the oven to citizens directly but they will get their rations from licensed distributor.
The historic bread crisis hiked due to the falling Syrian economy and the severe living conditions where hundreds of people are queuing up everyday in front of the bakeries through the government-held areas.
According to NPR, bread shortages increased sharply last September, along with shortages of medicines and fuel. In October, the ministry of domestic trade and economy doubled the cost of a subsidized pack of bread to 100 Syrian pounds, while reducing the weight of each pack from about 2.8 pounds to 2.4 pounds and imposing limits on how much a family can buy. A two-person household is allowed one pack per day, while a family of three gets two packs.
Syrians across the country are facing shortages of subsidized bread at a time when, for many, it is one of the only foods they can still afford. The United Nations' World Food Program says that in this once middle-income country, some 9.3 million people, approximately the population, are food insecure.
Zaman Al Wasl
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