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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. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
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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
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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. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
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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
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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. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
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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
