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Kassioun Editorial 1295: Fuel Price Hikes Are New Fuel for Social Explosion
According to the data available during the same period in which the government made this decision, the average increase in global oil prices did not exceed 9%. Meanwhile, neighboring countries—Turkey, Iraq, and Jordan—kept their fuel prices unchanged, while the increase in Lebanon was limited to an average of no more than 2.8%. So how can the outcome in Syria be an increase of up to 40%? What is…