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".
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ètò ọrọ̀ ajẹ́ wọ́n ṣe dẹnukọlẹ̀. Ali al-Ahmed (orúkọkórúkọ ni èyí náà, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹni yìí ṣe bèèrè fún ìdáàbòbò orúkọ rẹ̀) láti ìlu Daraa sọ fún Ohùn Àgbáyé ní orí ago pé "nǹkan burú jáì, kò sí irú iṣẹ́ tí o lè ṣe, kódà kí wọn ó máa san Egbẹ̀rún mẹ́wàá owó ilẹ̀ Syria (láàrin Dọ́là kan sí márùn-ún) fún ènìyàn, kò le tóó ná".