Civilians in Idlib and northwest Syria are turning to mobile phone apps as a way to make money after being unable to secure employment and in the face of poverty, displacement and rapidly rising living costs. Desperate to improve their living standards and those of their families, young people are increasingly looking to the internet to provide work opportunities like any other, the difference being that they can do it from home, choose their hours and which methods and apps they will use. Inflation and exploitation pushing Syrians to online apps Hussam al-Atrash (25) didn’t want to keep worki…

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