During the civil war which began in 2011, the Syrian government was forced to put out a tender for 100,000 metric tonnes of wheat, one of the few trade products not subject to economic sanctions.
敘利亞內戰在2011年爆發期間，政府被迫收購10萬噸小麥，是少數不受經濟制裁的貿易產品之一。