Syrian government announces steep rise in bread, diesel prices
Al Jazeera
Bread prices doubled and diesel prices nearly tripled in the war-torn country amid long-running financial crisis.
The Syrian government has announced a steep increase in bread and fuel prices to tackle a financial crunch, bringing more pain to civilians in the Middle Eastern country racked by more than a decade of devastating war. Bread prices doubled and diesel prices nearly tripled on Sunday, according to the official SANA news agency, as the new prices went into force in government-held parts of Syria on Sunday amid a long-running economic crisis. The decision comes days after Damascus announced a 25 percent increase in the price of petrol.
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