The Economic Council of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah neighbourhoods of Aleppo made changes in the bread and gas distribution system in order to meet the basic needs of citizens returning from Lebanon within their means due to the embargo imposed by the Damascus government on the two self-governing neighbourhoods.

On this basis, the council oversees the bread distribution process through 43 delegates in the western and eastern parts of the two neighbourhoods. Bread is produced in 6 bakeries in the two neighbourhoods.

Messages were sent from 4 centres in Marouf district to citizens in the western and eastern parts of both neighbourhoods to buy gas. The council received 400 gas cylinders from the Fuel Committee.

The Economic Council decided to use the stored flour to meet the bread needs of citizens coming from Lebanon.

Speaking to ANHA, Fatme Omer, the head of the Projects Committee of the Economic Council, said that due to the large number of citizens coming from Lebanon, some changes had to be made in their work according to the existing facilities.

Fatme Omer stated that they made an emergency plan because they could not increase the amount of flour and gas due to the current embargo and said, “The reserve flour warehouse will meet the bread needs of the incoming citizens. However, we will reduce the number of messages sent to citizens to ensure balance in gas distribution.”

According to the Crisis Desk established by the General Assembly of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah neighbourhoods and tasked with providing the needs and services of citizens, 2,127 people have come to two neighborhoods from Lebanon, and 19,324 to North-East Syrian regions.

The Crisis Desk provided shelter to some of these citizens in both neighbourhoods, while others were relocated to camps in Afrin-Shehba Canton.