According to reports from the ground, most bakeries in Suwayda have been unable to operate for three days due to the depletion of flour and fuel stocks, leading to a serious crisis in the supply of bread.
The breakdown of the only automatic oven further exacerbated the bread crisis. According to information from the Ovens Department, private ovens have been unable to obtain flour or fuel for the past three days. Only limited amounts of fuel were available, which was distributed among all the ovens.
The relevant parties announced that two shipments of flour would be sent to Suwayda within the next 48 hours through international organizations and distributed to bakeries. However, it was reported that the amount would be insufficient to meet the needs of the people and that only public bakeries would operate until the flour arrived.
When the embargo began on July 13, only limited amounts of flour, diesel fuel, and some humanitarian aid were delivered to the city through the “humanitarian corridor” in Busra al-Sham. In recent weeks, the Syrian Red Crescent refused to allow a convoy carrying 55 tons of food from northern and eastern Syria to pass through to southern Syria, insisting on distributing the aid itself. The Mesopotamia Association rejected this demand and withdrew the convoy back to Hesekê.