Price of bread up 900% after liberation of Syria: UN warns

The humanitarian situation in Syria remains unstable after the collapse of the Bashar Al-Assad regime, the United Nations has said.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that hospitals across Syria are overwhelmed with many suffering from psychological stress, and children showing signs of shock.

In several cities, such as the capital Damascus, there have been reports of food shortages. Since the beginning of the armed opposition forces’ attack, the price of bread in cities such as Idlib and Aleppo has increased by 900 per cent.

The United Nations estimates that since the beginning of the opposition attack led by Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham, about one million people have been displaced.

Minefields continue to restrict the movement of people and the delivery of food, it added. Over the past ten days, at least 52 minefields have been detected across the country.

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