Isolated Syrian-Druze city blames Damascus for shortages

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The isolated Druze-majority city of Sweida in southern Syria is experiencing shortages of flour and fuel due to disrupted road access. Local residents like Hoda Kiwan face significant supply challenges amid ongoing control issues.

In her bakery, Hoda Kiwan impatiently awaits flour and fuel, which have become scarce in southern Syria's Sweida, the Druze-majority city still outside Damascus' control. "I am suffering from a shortage of gas and flour, especially after the road was cut off, but there is nothing I can do," the 59-year old said, her hair wrapped in the Druze white headscarf as she prepares potato pastries.