Karen Leigh is the managing editor of News Deeply. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/iqtisadi-staff-and-karen-leigh/rss en Human Rights War Economy Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Iqtisadi Staff and Karen Leigh https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/03/18/how-food-price-hikes-are-impacting-syrian-families https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/03/18/how-food-price-hikes-are-impacting-syrian-families As prices for basic food items skyrocket across Syria, family breadwinners are seeing their wages cut or dropped entirely. We speak to Syrians who are working to make ends meet, from the countryside to central Damascus.