Lack of fuel deprives residents in Syria’s Aleppo city of bread
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – Government-subsidized bread distributers in the neighborhoods of al-Hamadaniya, al-Aazamia and al-Akramia in Aleppo city are unable to deliver bread to residents due to their inability to afford the cost of fuel in light of a severe fuel crisis in the areas held by the Syrian government.
Hussein al-Ahmad, 34, an accredited bread distributer in the al-Akramia neighborhood, said that he can no longer secure gasoline for his little truck which he uses to distribute bread.
Al-Ahmad added to North Press that he distributes 300 double bread parcels (14 loafs of bread) on a daily basis.
He added that bringing bread from the Aleppo New Bakery requires 2 liters of gasoline, which costs 20.000 Syrian pounds ($3.3), while distributing the bread only makes him 8.000 pounds ($1.3).
The mukhtar (a government official who handles with the civil affairs of a particular area) of al-Aazamia neighborhood, Hamad al-Hashem, 50, told North Press that bread distributers made a decent profit prior to the fuel crisis.
Al-Hashem said that the most affected is the citizen who was denied access to his daily bread, leaving him with no choice but to go to the bakery and stand for long hours in queues or buy bread from the black market at 3.000 Syrian pounds per parcel.