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Aleppo, Syria: ‘Each day that comes is worse than the one before’ Format A child outside a bakery restored in eastern Aleppo in 2018, after it was destroyed. © WFP/Hussam Al Saleh While Abo Hashim and Noor would never have dreamed theyd need World Food Programme support to raise their children, they are among the fortunate people in a country ravaged by a decade of conflict When visiting families in Aleppo, you always need light to find the way — up several flights of stairs in the dark ...

Several decades later, he’s a father of six children, unemployed and facing the worst economic crisis Syria has ever seen. After living through years of conflict and displacement, soaring food prices have put even basic foods beyond reach. When he talks about struggling to feed his family, he says “the pain that I live with cannot be described”.   “Each day that comes is, unfortunately, worse than the one before,” he adds. “The days are becoming harsher. We used to manage our livi...