On social media, people started addressing the government with posts urging the official to find a way out of the economic crisis because people cannot stand this situation anymore.
Observers believe that several factors have contributed to the tough economic situation, including the closing of borders as a result of the coronavirus, and the lack of money transfer from Syrians abroad to their families.
Additionally, the U.S. has toughened the sanctions on Syria with the so-called Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act that aims to sanction the Syrian government including President Bashar al-Assad for its alleged war crimes against the Syrian people.
The law, expected to be implemented in June, also includes sanctions on any party that might aid the Syrian government.
All these factors have also affected the prices of medicine in the country amid a shortage in supply.
The head of the Pharmacists Syndicate in Damascus confirmed the loss of many pharmaceutical items in the market as a result of the halt of production by pharmaceutical factories "to pressure the health ministry into raising the prices of medicine," according to Aliqtisadi.
The problem is that the health ministry in the country set the prices of medicine to cope with the condition of the people while the pharmaceutical companies have a problem with securing U.S. dollars to buy raw materials, which pushes them to buy dollars in high prices and thus cannot abide by the prices of the health ministry.
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