{"id":141502,"date":"2026-09-13T16:27:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=141502"},"modified":"2026-09-13T16:27:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:27:53","slug":"protests-erupt-over-fuel-price-hikes-in-northeast-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/141502\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests erupt over fuel price hikes in northeast Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Hundreds of people protested Sunday in Hasakah, Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor governorates against a government decision to raise fuel prices, blocking several main and secondary roads with burning tires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late Saturday night, the Permanent Committee for Pricing Petroleum Products and Mineral Resources in Syria issued a new temporary price list for petroleum products, with the new prices taking effect Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the new price list, the price of one liter of 95-octane gasoline rose to 195 Syrian pounds, while 90-octane gasoline reached 185 pounds and diesel 175 pounds. The price of household gas rose to 1,600 pounds, while industrial gas reached 2,560 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protests in Hasakah, Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor included calls for lower fuel prices and measures to ease the cost-of-living burden on residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Protesters blocked several roads and prevented oil tankers from passing through parts of Hasakah and the Deir ez-Zor countryside. Several locations also witnessed gatherings in which participants voiced opposition to the new fuel price increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Raqqa countryside, protesters blocked the international Deir ez-Zor\u2013Aleppo road near Huwayja Shanan with burning tires. 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