With each passing day, and with every additional complication and blow to the global economy, it is becoming increasingly clearer that only the countries that have maintained and developed their production systems – particularly the real production in industry, agriculture, and others – are the ones able to be resilient and ensure the living conditions of their people considerably, and away from the corny use of slogans about resilience.

For over a month, there have been Turkish statements about the possibility of a new aggression on northern Syria, under the name of a “military operation”. Although a number of new arrangements and the recent Astana meeting have significantly reduced this possibility, it still exists.

Last Friday, at dawn, the “Israeli” occupation carried out a new attack on Syria, in a series of attacks that have been going on for several years. The basis on which these have been taking place all along is the continuation and deepening of the Syrian crisis.

Last Friday, the eighth session of meetings of the small body of the Constitutional Committee concluded in Geneva, and as usual, with no results.

In the context of talking about crises that affect the entire world, the bulk of it is directed towards the energy crisis with its two main factors: oil and gas. However, the crisis that is more profound, dangerous, and catastrophic is the food crisis, the first signs of which have started to become clearer, though it still is not clear to what extent and depth it can extend.

If we take a general look at the changes in exchange rate of the Russian ruble prior to February 24, 2022 and until today, that is, from the eve of the launch of the military operation in Ukraine, we will see that although the ruble’s value significantly deteriorated during the first weeks, reaching half the value it had against both the euro and the dollar, it quickly regained not only all the value it had lost, but an additional value even better than it was before February 24. On February 23, the dollar and euro were worth 79 and 92 rubles, respectively; today, May 22, they are at 62 and 65.5 rubles, respectively. The same applies to the ruble’s position against all other currencies globally, to the extent that Bloomberg, whose whims and affiliations are known, described the ruble as the strongest global currency for 2022.

Last Thursday, April 21, Legislative Decree No. 4 of 2022 was issued, which provides for the disbursement of what is called a «grant», with a lump sum of 75 thousand Syrian pounds for civilian and military workers, and pensioners, provided that this «grant» is disbursed only once.

Estimates of the disaster affecting the food system in Syria are increasing daily at an unprecedented pace, as there is an additional number of Syrians every year getting in a state of food insecurity, not in thousands or hundreds of thousands, but in millions. This is happening at an accelerated pace, which threatens to drag more citizens into destitution and poverty.

Shireen’s assassination and the subsequent attack on her coffin, then the reactions thereto, constitute one aspect of a broader and more comprehensive picture of the existential crisis the “Israeli entity” is experiencing.

In the previous issue 1064, Kassioun newspaper published the index of Kassioun for the cost of living at the end of March 2022, in which it showed that the average cost of living for a Syrian family of 5 is 2.8 million Syrian pounds. It increased by about 833,405 Syrian pounds from the average cost that was recorded in the beginning of the current year. This has not been farfetched to millions of Syrians who are witnessing a daily and aggravated increase in the prices of basic food commodities necessary for their survival.