our next report looks of the plight of one family in the capital damascus no they are and he's wife marva are off to the butchers in damascus everywhere even for these days no way works in a factory producing machines and tools put industry here and for good wage but soaring inflation means it's barely enough to survive on the how to start. a kilo of cost a 3rd of my monthly salary that means we can no longer buy by the killer. instead we buy $200.00 or 300 grams of a time has become a luxury our it's no longer one of the basics. today luxury is on the menu 300 grams of it i mean that's it for the month. for many syrians the sanctions and the pandemic feel the economic crisis make a trip to the cash machine and not me. the syrian pound has lost 80 percent of its value imported goods which have to be paid for in dollars around affordable the financial strain means the country will have to rely extensively on international aid to rebuild itself. parts of syria's cities have suffered almost apocalyptic levels of destruction. and even in those areas physically unscathed by the war like the ce