Syria hikes bread, diesel prices as crisis deepens


DAMASCUS: Steep bread and diesel price hikes went into force in government-held parts of war-torn Syria on Sunday, bringing more pain for civilians in a economic crisis. Damascus has repeatedly raised fuel prices in recent years to tackle a financial crunch sparked by the country’s decade-long civil war and compounded by a spate of Western sanctions.
The price of diesel fuel nearly tripled and the price of bread doubled on Sunday, according to the official Sana news agency, only days after Damascus announced a 25% increase in the price of petrol. “We fear further increases in the price of food and medicine,” Damascus resident Wael Hammoud, 41, said. President Bashar al-Assad also issued a decree that increases public sector salaries by 50%.



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