Following protests, Kurdish-led authorities in northeast Syria overturn fuel price increase 2021/05/19 22:00
Protests erupted in Qamishlo and other cities in northern Syria on Tuesday in opposition to a decision to increase fuel prices. (Photo: Kurdistan 24/Ekrem Salih)
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) on Wednesday overturned a recent increase in the prices of automobile fuel, petrol, and cooking gas after widespread protests erupted against the decision in multiple cities.
The AANES decision, announced on Monday, sparked widespread protests in Qamishlo, Hasakah, Amude, Deir al-Zor and Shadadi, the Syria-based Rojava Information Center (RIC) wrote in a tweet on Wednesday, explaining that demonstrations in Shadadi “left several wounded, including Asayish [security forces], when Asayish shot at protestors, some armed. The number of injured is unknown.”