‘This is far worse’: When conflict 2,000 miles away compounds civil war at home

Maung Nu Sein needs fuel to plow, and fertilizer to nourish his rice as planting season approaches. But the ships carrying his crucial cargo are trapped 2,000 miles away by Iran’s stranglehold of one of the world’s most important waterways. Now, the farmer is running the calculations. Can he survive when the costs of fuel … The post ‘This is far worse’: When conflict 2,000 miles away compounds civil war at home appeared first on Egypt Independent.