Roundup: Cold bites as Syria battles fuel shortage amid U.S.-led sanctions

DAMASCUS, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- As plummeting temperatures hit Damascus with a shroud of winter fog, people in the Syrian capital have been battling fuel shortage and other adversities.

Although the locals are not new to fuel crises under the impact of U.S.-led economic sanctions and lack of access to key oil and gas fields in rebel-controlled areas, the cold wave in the past two weeks has made their fuel shortage