٠٠:٠٤:٥٨Damascus residents began their preparations to celebrate Christmas as the city's streets were lit up with decorations, amid the ongoing power outage crisis in the country.
Footage on Thursday showed Christmas trees and decorations lighting up darkened neighbourhoods as a result of the power outage.
"We are living the holidays season, and we should be happy during it," said a resident called Bernal, before adding: "We are still in a state of war, as we have passed the war of missiles to enter the economic war".
Another resident, Nora Nasser, attributed the current "suffering" of the Syrians to the "siege that our country is being subjected to," adding "we are trying to be happy during the holidays, even if only from within."
For his part, Abu George talked about the impact of high prices on the celebration of holidays, saying: "as a liquor seller, people used to buy a lot from me during the festive season, but now they buy the cheapest drinks from me just to feel that they are celebrating the holidays."
Government bodies in Syria attributed the power outage to the decrease in the gas quantities supplied to the electric power plants, some of which went out of service.
According to the UNSC report on Syria in November 2021, the country's overall humanitarian situation remains dire, and its worsening economic situation has exacerbated the country’s already difficult food crisis.
The World Food Program (WFP) estimated that 12.4 million Syrians are food insecure, an increase of 4.5 million in the last year alone, as families across Syria are facing unprecedented levels of poverty, with 90 percent of Syrians living below the poverty line.
In its report issued in 2020, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia "ESCWA" considered the war in Syria to be among the most destructive since the end of World War II, estimating the total economic losses in the country since the outbreak of the war at about 442.2 billion dollars.
Syria: Damascenes prepare for Christmas celebrations as country's electricity crisis continues
Damascus residents began their preparations to celebrate Christmas as the city's streets were lit up with decorations, amid the ongoing power outage crisis in the country.
Footage on Thursday showed Christmas trees and decorations lighting up darkened neighbourhoods as a result of the power outage.
"We are living the holidays season, and we should be happy during it," said a resident called Bernal, before adding: "We are still in a state of war, as we have passed the war of missiles to enter the economic war".
Another resident, Nora Nasser, attributed the current "suffering" of the Syrians to the "siege that our country is being subjected to," adding "we are trying to be happy during the holidays, even if only from within."
For his part, Abu George talked about the impact of high prices on the celebration of holidays, saying: "as a liquor seller, people used to buy a lot from me during the festive season, but now they buy the cheapest drinks from me just to feel that they are celebrating the holidays."
Government bodies in Syria attributed the power outage to the decrease in the gas quantities supplied to the electric power plants, some of which went out of service.
According to the UNSC report on Syria in November 2021, the country's overall humanitarian situation remains dire, and its worsening economic situation has exacerbated the country’s already difficult food crisis.
The World Food Program (WFP) estimated that 12.4 million Syrians are food insecure, an increase of 4.5 million in the last year alone, as families across Syria are facing unprecedented levels of poverty, with 90 percent of Syrians living below the poverty line.
In its report issued in 2020, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia "ESCWA" considered the war in Syria to be among the most destructive since the end of World War II, estimating the total economic losses in the country since the outbreak of the war at about 442.2 billion dollars.
Damascus residents began their preparations to celebrate Christmas as the city's streets were lit up with decorations, amid the ongoing power outage crisis in the country.
Footage on Thursday showed Christmas trees and decorations lighting up darkened neighbourhoods as a result of the power outage.
"We are living the holidays season, and we should be happy during it," said a resident called Bernal, before adding: "We are still in a state of war, as we have passed the war of missiles to enter the economic war".
Another resident, Nora Nasser, attributed the current "suffering" of the Syrians to the "siege that our country is being subjected to," adding "we are trying to be happy during the holidays, even if only from within."
For his part, Abu George talked about the impact of high prices on the celebration of holidays, saying: "as a liquor seller, people used to buy a lot from me during the festive season, but now they buy the cheapest drinks from me just to feel that they are celebrating the holidays."
Government bodies in Syria attributed the power outage to the decrease in the gas quantities supplied to the electric power plants, some of which went out of service.
According to the UNSC report on Syria in November 2021, the country's overall humanitarian situation remains dire, and its worsening economic situation has exacerbated the country’s already difficult food crisis.
The World Food Program (WFP) estimated that 12.4 million Syrians are food insecure, an increase of 4.5 million in the last year alone, as families across Syria are facing unprecedented levels of poverty, with 90 percent of Syrians living below the poverty line.
In its report issued in 2020, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia "ESCWA" considered the war in Syria to be among the most destructive since the end of World War II, estimating the total economic losses in the country since the outbreak of the war at about 442.2 billion dollars.