DAMASCUS, June 6 -- Syrians have been complaining about the skyrocketing prices amid a tough economic situation.
Samar al-Hafez, a housewife, told Xinhua that the economic situation has become scary in recent weeks.
"I don't know what happened and all of a sudden, the prices dramatically increased. I am now a window shopper because I cannot afford these prices," she said.
The prices of products have increased ten folds since the beginning of the crisis in Syria nine years ago. In recent months, the situation even got harder.
The new economic hardship is also coupled with a steep decline in the value of the Syrian pound against the U.S. dollar.
The local Aliqtisadi news website, or The Economic, said the prices have increased 30 percent last month, citing merchants and businessmen as saying that they had to change the price tags on food items six times last week alone.
The report said many retailers have stopped selling until the prices settle on a certain range, adding that the sales percentage has hit bottom low as people are asking more about the prices than actually buying stuff.
In al-Hamra street, people seemed so shocked to see the price tags on clothes.
"The government must do something to control this craze in prices ... my husband's salary is only enough for five days per month amid these prices," said Rula Zaitounieh, a local resident.
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