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  "id": 7389055,
  "title": "Syria fuel price hikes trigger widest protests since the fall of the Assad regime",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/syria-fuel-price-hikes-trigger-widest-protests-since-the-fall-of-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T19:30:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/syria/2026-09-14/ty-article/syria-fuel-price-hikes-trigger-widest-protests-since-assad-fall/000001a0-a113-d9a4-a3a7-bf7368a70000"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The price hikes come as Syria faces fuel supply pressures linked to disruptions in Russian exports. The UN estimates that 90 percent of Syrians are below the poverty line, as protesters demand the government take action",
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      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Fuel price protests in Syria continue for second day: What to know",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/fuel-price-protests-in-syria-continue-for-second-day-what-to-know",
        "published": "2026-09-14T10:43:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Syria rocked by largest protests since fall of Assad regime after fuel prices surge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/syria-rocked-by-largest-protests-since-fall-of-assad-regime-after",
        "published": "2026-09-14T11:52:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Syria protests spread as fuel prices rise by up to 40 percent",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/syria-protests-spread-as-fuel-prices-rise-by-up-to-40-percent",
        "published": "2026-09-14T12:50:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Fuel price protests spread across Syria as parliament summons energy minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/fuel-price-protests-spread-across-syria-as-parliament-summons-energy",
        "published": "2026-09-14T14:52:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Fuel price surge sparks Syria’s biggest protests since Assad’s fall",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/fuel-price-surge-sparks-syrias-biggest-protests-since-assads-fall",
        "published": "2026-09-14T17:11:23.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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