Tuesday
Dec252012
Syria 1st-Hand: Attempting to Live a Normal Life in Insurgent-Held Yabroud
Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at 6:47
A wall in Yabroud: "Take off your shoes as Yabroud's sand is our blood"
The city is currently run by two councils. One is military and is mainly concerned with holding back the regime's forces. The other is a civilian one and is responsible for securing health care and food supplies for residents.
If it were not for the air strikes, I would have said we live like people in any other normal city. There's no shortage of food here, for instance.
But prices have increased dramatically, especially fuel. A litre that used to cost 25 US cents two years ago now costs $1.20 (£0.75).