World‘People don’t have money’: Syrian fuel hikes deepen economic pain

A government decree raised diesel prices by 40 percent and petrol prices by 28 percent overnight, driving up transport and food costs. Protests spread across Syria, with demonstrators burning tyres and blocking roads, while some later shut the M4 highway and demanded the increases be reversed.

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AAl Jazeera★★★★☆2026-09-16 23:11Original