ALEPPO, Syria — The Syrian regime-held city of Aleppo is in the midst of a fuel crisis. Since early April, fuel shortages have plagued the city, where hundreds of vehicles queue daily at gas stations to get a few liters. Fuel scarcity has crippled the public and private transport sectors, prompting a rise in transport costs as well as fuel prices on the black market.
Damascus, Homs, Hama and Latakia are also suffering from fuel shortages, which regime officials attribute to the halt of Iranian oil supplies as a result of US economic sanctions.
