Firewood on sale by the roadside in Tabuk, where non-Saudis have reportedly cornered the market for winter domestic fuel. With temperatures in the northern regions of the Kingdom dropping, demand is up for firewood, and Saudi salesmen complain they are being outstripped in number by foreign salesmen who get together and fix prices. “The consumer is the victim in the end,” one Saudi wood dealer said. (Okaz photo) __
