As the economic situation deteriorates, 28-year-old Ali al-Ahmed (also a pseudonym upon request to protect his identity) from Daraa city told Global Voices in a phone interview that "the situation is bad, regardless of how much you work, even if you make 10,000 SYP a day [between $1 and $5 USD] it will not be enough".
A lokacin da yanayin tattalin arziƙi yake ƙara taɓarɓarewa, Ali al-Ahmed ɗan shekaru 28 (an yi amfani da sunan bogi domin a sakaya sunansa don ba shi kariya) daga birnin Daraa ya gayawa Global ɓoice a wata hira ta wayar tarho cewa "yanayin ya taɓarɓare duk kuwa da yadda mutum yake aiki, ko da kuwa mutum yana samun SYP 10,000 a rana (tsakanin $1 da $5) ba za su isa ba".