{
  "id": 8253960,
  "title": "Isolated Syrian-Druze city blames Damascus for shortages",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/isolated-syrian-druze-city-blames-damascus-for-shortages",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T13:30:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/isolated-syrian-druze-city-blames-damascus-shortages"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In her bakery, Hoda Kiwan impatiently awaits flour and fuel, which have become scarce in southern Syria's Sweida, the Druze-majority city still outside Damascus' control. \"I am suffering from a shortage of gas and flour, especially after the road was cut off, but there is nothing I can do,\" the 59-year old said, her hair wrapped in the Druze white headscarf as she prepares potato pastries.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}