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People “wanted to celebrate not the anniversary of the war” 10 years after its beginning, but “everything is gone wrong on the anniversary of peace and reconciliation”. International sanctions and the US Caesar Act “have made the situation worse.”
“Diesel fuel has not been delivered for quite some time. Very few people got a hundred litres, until they ran out of supplies,” Mgr Abu Khazen said. “Now they have also stopped providing cooking gas, and people have to wait up to 60 days.”
Drivers “have to wait up to two days at a petrol station just to get 20 litres, leaving their car waiting to refuel. Long lines - even hours - are necessary to buy some subsidised bread.”