Bread Lines Show Struggle of New Syrian Government

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A boy carries freshly-baked bread as people line up outside a bakery in the Syrian capital Damascus on December 21, 2024. ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A boy carries freshly-baked bread as people line up outside a bakery in the Syrian capital Damascus on December 21, 2024.

Weeks ago, a new interim government in Syria was formed in the wake of the regime of Bashar al-Assad being toppled. And now that new government faces myriad challenges in holding the government together and keeping it running. Our correspondent in Damascus takes us to a bakery to show us one of the most visible signs of the new government's struggle, long bread lines.