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Syria Seeks To Tap Frozen Bank Accounts For Food Supplies
[Ynet] Syria is trying to tap frozen funds in foreign bank accounts to step up purchases of food stocks including wheat, as civil war and a deepening humanitarian crisis push  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Lord of the Baath... to seek new ways to feed his people. The country faces its worst wheat harvest in nearly three decades due to the conflict, dealing a blow to Assad's plan for self-sufficiency in food that was aimed at sidestepping Western moves to isolate his government through sanctions. Posted by: trailing wife 2013-08-07 |
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