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In Photos: Syrian's Protest Against High Fuel Prices

Protests spread across Syria after the government sharply raised fuel prices, including a 40 per cent increase in diesel and hikes in petrol prices. Demonstrators burned tyres, blocked highways and disrupted oil tanker routes, voicing anger over rising living costs and demanding the rollback of the price increases.

Local residents block a road to prevent oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields from passing during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices at the entrance to Tal Tamr, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
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Oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields are backed up along a road after being stopped by local residents during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices near Tal Tamr in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.
Oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields are backed up along a road after being stopped by local residents during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices near Tal Tamr in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
Cars and motorcycles pass through a roadblock set up by local residents to stop oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices at the entrance to Tal Tamr in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.
Cars and motorcycles pass through a roadblock set up by local residents to stop oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices at the entrance to Tal Tamr in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
Oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields are backed up along a road after being stopped by local residents during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices near Tal Tamr in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.
Oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields are backed up along a road after being stopped by local residents during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices near Tal Tamr in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
Two men ride a motorcycle through an improvised roadblock set up by local residents to stop oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices near Tal Tamr in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.
Two men ride a motorcycle through an improvised roadblock set up by local residents to stop oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices near Tal Tamr in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
Oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields are backed up along a road after being stopped by local residents during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices near Tal Tamr in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.
Oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields are backed up along a road after being stopped by local residents during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices near Tal Tamr in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
Local residents block a road to prevent oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields from passing during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices at the entrance to Tal Tamr, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.
Local residents block a road to prevent oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields from passing during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices at the entrance to Tal Tamr, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
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