Sweida living conditions worsen as bakeries close down amid shortages
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Public bakeries in Syria's Sweida Governorate halt operations due to flour shortages, forcing residents to depend on limited bread from private bakeries.
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People line up for bread outside a bakery in Sweida, southern Syria, on Sept. 18, 2025 (AP)
Public bakeries in Syria's Sweida governorate have ceased operations after running out of flour, forcing residents to rely on limited supplies of bread from a few private bakeries, according to a Sunday report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The amount of bread being distributed is insufficient to cover even a quarter of the daily needs, and the Syrian Observatory, according to its sources, confirmed that the private bakeries' own supplies are on the verge of running out unless new shipments of flour arrive soon.
According to a source at an automated bakery, the province's daily requirement is approximately 120 tons of flour, yet it received only 402 tons in total last week, as reported by the Observatory.
The Syrian Observatory also pointed to the worsening suffering of the residents in Sweida city and its countryside, as a result of the harsh living conditions amid an ongoing siege imposed on the province by the forces of the Damascus government and an exhausting economic downturn.
For days now, the city and most of its towns and villages have also been experiencing a water cutoff as a result of power outages and a shortage of fuel, causing most water pumps to cease operations.
