A country still bearing the wounds of fourteen years of war found itself at a new crossroads on Sunday, when Syria's government raised fuel prices by as much as 40 percent, citing global market pressures and the demands of rebuilding a crippled energy infrastructure. The announcement was not merely economic policy — it was a test of how much a population already stretched thin could absorb in the name of long-term recovery. From Hama to Maarat al-Numan, the answer came quickly and without ambiguity: people took to the streets, because the distance between a government's rationale and a citizen
Syria faces fuel protests as government raises prices up to 40%
Demonstrators protested fuel price increases, blocking highways and burning tyres across Syrian cities.