Street vendors sell fruits in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood April 29, 2014. Picture taken April 29, 2014. REUTERS/Jalal Al-Mamo
LONDON (Reuters) - War-torn Syria is struggling to buy food commodities in the quantities it needs, despite repeatedly issuing tenders for hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sugar, rice and wheat, trade sources say.
The sources, who have knowledge of the country's commercial food deals, said the country's three-year civil war, which has claimed more than 150,000 lives and forced millions from their homes, is taking its toll, with large suppliers increasingly unwilling or unable to provide cargoes for the Syrian market.
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