KFC closes last remaining branch in Syria
11/7/2013 8:13:19 AM
US fast-food chain KFC has closed the doors of its last remaining branch in Syria due to economic and supply problems, shopkeepers in Damascus said.
The branch in the upscale Abu Rummaneh neighbourhood of Damascus is the last of seven KFCs in Syria to have shuttered.
"Closed. Please leave your number if you are interested in buying this establishment,'' a sign posted on the branch's window now reads. KFC was the first US fast-food restaurant to set up shop in Syria in 2006, with Kuwaiti businessman Nasser Khurafi bringing the chain to the country.
It remained open despite the sanctions imposed against Syria by the US in response to the regime's crackdown on an uprising that began in March 2011.
The branch in the upscale Abu Rummaneh neighbourhood of Damascus is the last of seven KFCs in Syria to have shuttered.
"Closed. Please leave your number if you are interested in buying this establishment,'' a sign posted on the branch's window now reads. KFC was the first US fast-food restaurant to set up shop in Syria in 2006, with Kuwaiti businessman Nasser Khurafi bringing the chain to the country.
It remained open despite the sanctions imposed against Syria by the US in response to the regime's crackdown on an uprising that began in March 2011.