A bread crisis has led even Syrians who supported the government
(or at least did not oppose it) to lose faith in the state as a
source of stability. In response, Damascus has turned to
violence and repression as a means of containing the fallout.
Throughout the 10 years of crisis in Syria, the Assad regime enjoyed the
support, or at least the acquiescence, of segments of society that
prioritized stability and a steady supply of services above all else.
But the country now is in the midst of aneconomic collapse
<http://3y4moi335jqc3hdi6ss66vpc-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/CGP-Syrian-Economic-Meltdown-June2020-1.pdf>,
largely stemming from years of war and the economic meltdown next door
in Lebanon, that is crippling the Syrian state’s ability to provide even
the most basic of services to the citizenry. As prices of food
skyrocket, the state is no longer able to provide even subsidized bread
on which Syrians have come to increasingly rely throughout the war.
Unable to fill their stomachs, Syrians are increasingly going hungry.
More than ever before since Bashar al-Assad inherited power in 2000, his
regime is relying on repression and terror to keep the immiserated
population silenced, while regime cronies and those linked to the secret
police profit from the crippling shortages.
https://newlinesinstitute.org/syria/kneel-and-starve-under-the-watchful-eye-of-the-secret-police-syrians-go-hungry/
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