date:May 20, 2013
national sanctions complicating efforts to buy basic foodstuffs from international markets, ad hoc arrangements and deals are likely to allow the regime to deliver relatively stable supplies to areas under government control, said Torbjorn Soltvedt with risk consultancy Maplecroft.
The World Food Programme continues to deliver basic food items to Syria, although the Syrian government heavily restricts the distribution of aid to rebel-held areas, he said. Food shortages are likely to become more