Karen Leigh is the managing editor of News Deeply. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/husam-al-zeer-al-iqtisadi-and-karen-leigh/rss en War Economy Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Husam al-Zeer/ Al Iqtisadi and Karen Leigh https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/04/25/in-syrias-underground-economy-trade-agents-circumvent-high-prices https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/04/25/in-syrias-underground-economy-trade-agents-circumvent-high-prices With costs of basic goods skyrocketing, many are turning to a network of so-called agents who will buy hard-to-find products in cities like Damascus and deliver them to other parts of the country.