Motorists in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul queued for hours on Friday to fill up their cars with petrol, with authorities blaming shortages on smuggling to the nearby Kurdistan region.
Motorists in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul queued for hours on Friday to fill up their cars with petrol, with authorities blaming shortages on smuggling to the nearby Kurdistan region.For the past week, long lines have formed at petrol stations in Mosul and the rest of Nineveh province, AFP journalists reported.Soldiers were deployed in some stations to contain any violence, as tempers flared among motorists over the petrol shortage."Our lives are made of waiting in line. It has become a routine," taxi driver Abdel Khaliq al-Mousalli complained.
MOSUL, IRAQ: Motorists in Iraq’s main northern city of Mosul queued for hours on Friday to fill up their cars with petrol, with authorities blaming shortages on smuggling to the nearby.
Motorists in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul queued for hours on Friday to fill up their cars with petrol, with authorities blaming shortages on smuggling to the nearby Kurdistan region.
Motorists in Iraq's northern city of Mosul have queued for hours on Friday tto fill up their cars with petrol, with authorities blaming shortages on smuggling to the nearby Kurdistan region