Syria faces widest protests since Assad's fall over fuel price surge

Widespread public protests indicate significant social unrest and economic hardship affecting Syrian citizens across the country.

In the fragile aftermath of Assad's fall, Syria's streets have filled once more — not with the cries of revolution, but with the quieter, more desperate anguish of people who cannot afford to heat their homes or move their goods. A 40 percent surge in diesel prices has become the spark that unites a fractured nation across regions and backgrounds, revealing that political liberation, without economic relief, can feel like a different kind of captivity. The new government now faces the oldest test of any authority: the moment when ordinary life becomes unbearable, and the people ask whether any

Syria faces widest protests since Assad's fall over fuel price surge

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