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Imagine you're a top class surgeon. You expected hard work & talent would earn you a comfortable life. Instead, you're stuck in a never-ending queue for gas. Your hospital colleagues can't afford bread
Life in Damascus, as described by professionals
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1) https://www.ft.com/content/f3ccc3a7-c697-412a-9b99-18944de5c108
Life in Damascus, as described by professionals
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1) https://www.ft.com/content/f3ccc3a7-c697-412a-9b99-18944de5c108
(2) Worth noting - access to government-held Syria is very difficult for foreign journalists as visas are rarely granted. We learn about the situation thanks to Syrians reached by encrypted messaging or travelling through Beirut, & from humanitarian monitors.
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(3) This story focusses on people you'd think are better insulated from crises - those who still have jobs, & can afford a 
. And yet, on the financial front, they're suffering more than they have at any time during this near decade of destructive fighting.
Graph: @UNESCWA
. And yet, on the financial front, they're suffering more than they have at any time during this near decade of destructive fighting.Graph: @UNESCWA
(4) Poverty in Syria is getting more severe (cf this May story). We're not even talking abt deprivation reported in camps in north-west & north-east. Across 
, people say they can't buy decent food.
If children only eat
, they can't grow properly. https://www.ft.com/content/671ad31b-fcce-402b-a691-dd821de10154
, people say they can't buy decent food.If children only eat
, they can't grow properly. https://www.ft.com/content/671ad31b-fcce-402b-a691-dd821de10154
