HUNGER by @AbuJamajem
A record 12.4 mil. Syrians are now “food insecure.”
That's 4.5 million more people than before the Lebanon bankruptcy. Syrians depended on Lebanon's banking system.
Hunger is a regional phenomenon, not just Syrian.
Fixing it requires a regional response
A record 12.4 mil. Syrians are now “food insecure.”
That's 4.5 million more people than before the Lebanon bankruptcy. Syrians depended on Lebanon's banking system.
Hunger is a regional phenomenon, not just Syrian.
Fixing it requires a regional response
https://twitter.com/AbuJamajem/status/1402092314005286912
Hunger in Syria seems to be primarily a result of “access” problems—the Syrian public’s destroyed purchasing power, & its immiseration generally.
Yet Syria also has “availability” problems with key imported goods, including wheat & fuel, that reverberated through the economy.
Yet Syria also has “availability” problems with key imported goods, including wheat & fuel, that reverberated through the economy.
In April, WFP reported that the price of a standard reference food basket sufficient to feed a family of five for a month reached 176,471 Syrian lira.48 The highest-paid Syrian government monthly salary is 80,240 lira;
It was only after Lebanon’s economy seized up that it became fully apparent how important the country had been for Syrian finance and trade, and for stabilizing Syria’s heavily sanctioned, war-stricken economy.
As Lebanese banks seized depositors’ money, Syrians lost not only their individual savings but also the funds with which Syrian business people had financed trade via Lebanon.
Syria's currency collapsed in tandem with Lebanon's, revealing their symbiotic relationship.
Syria's currency collapsed in tandem with Lebanon's, revealing their symbiotic relationship.
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