Syria inflation

In this photo released on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, by Suwayda24, people stage a protest as they wave the Druze flags in the southern city of Sweida, Syria. Anti-government protests have rocked south Syria for the past week. Demonstrators initially took to the streets over surging inflation but are now calling for the ouster of President Bashar Assad, echoing the beginnings of a 2011 uprising that sparked Syria's brutal civil war. (Suwayda24 via AP)
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People wait to buy bread outside a bakery in Jaramana, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar
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