(MENAFN) Cigarettes stuffed with grape leaves instead of tobacco, gardens on bombed-out rooftops, and batteries powered by rusted bicycles: in Syria's besieged eastern Aleppo, necessity is the mother of invention.
In detail, More than 250,000 people have been under a government siege in the rebel-held side of the northern city since July, without access to aid, food, fuel, medicine or even cigarettes.
The blockade has sparked severe shortages and exorbitant prices for the few basic goods available, forcing residents to find innovative ways to cope.
"We've been forced back into the Stone Age," said Khaled Kurdiyah, who lives in Aleppo's eastern district of Karam al-Jabal.
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