Syria says fuel price hikes ‘temporary’ as protests spread

Syria raised fuel prices Sunday by up to 40 percent for diesel and around 28 percent for petrol, prompting protests in Hama, Daraa, Raqqa, Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor provinces. Footage showed groups of demonstrators blocking roads with tires set ablaze.

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KRG delegation in Baghdad to discuss fuel crisis

“The committee will host officials from the [Kurdistan Region’s] Ministry of Natural Resources today,” Sipan Sherwani, a Kurdish lawmaker in the Iraqi parliament, told The New Region. 

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The ripple effects of the Iran war could threaten education for millions of kids around the world

Unlike outright school closures during COVID-19, the Iran war’s impact on education is less visible. But it is falling first and hardest on the poorest families. Soaring fuel prices are making it more expensive for children and teachers to get to school, and for governments to fund education as national budgets come under strain.

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KRG increases fuel supplies to gas stations amid worsening petrol crisis

In a bid to address electricty shortages, Erbil has also ordered that the Khor Mor gas field - the Kurdistan Region's vital energy source - increase the supplies of natural gas to power plants in order to facilitate a greater supply of electricity.

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KRG says ready to negotiate fuel supply with Baghdad amid crisis

Salih stressed that the KRG “has always demanded fairness in the distribution of oil revenues, and by all standards, the Region's share of crude oil for domestic use should be more than double what it currently is,” per the Region’s share of the population.

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MPs call on Iraqi government to address Kurdistan’s gasoline crisis

Sipan Sherwani, a KDP member of the Iraqi parliament, announced that a total of 166 lawmakers have signed on a petition he initiated calling on Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s government to either increase the Kurdistan Region’s share of crude oil allocated for domestic consumption or compensating the Region with “gasoline equivalent to the required increase in its crude oil quota.”

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KRG cabinet to meet over rising fuel prices: Ministry

“A meeting is being held today in the Council of Ministers to discuss an appropriate mechanism to end the fuel crisis,” a KRG natural resources ministry source told The New Region. 

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PM Barzani directs swift resolution to fuel crisis

In a presser earlier on Monday, Barzani said regional tensions and a shortage of oil allocated to the KRG from Baghdad for producing fuel have been the main causes for the recent price surges.

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KRG launches pilot phase of distributing fuel with electronic cards

Erbil’s oil and minerals directorate shared a video on social media showing drivers at a gas station having their cards scanned by an employee before driving in, announcing the launch of rationing subsidized fuel using electronic cards.

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