The fridge defeats the TV. The economic crisis has triggered mass protests in Syria 🛢📉 Syria has been gripped by the most massive protests since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The formal pretext was the sharp rise in fuel prices on September 13: diesel went up by 40%, petrol by 26–28%. The authorities explain this by rising world prices and the shutdown of the refinery in Banias, but for people who were already barely making ends meet, this was the last straw. 🏚🇸🇾 Years of civil war destroyed the economy, and after Assad's overthrow the country plunged into a humanitarian catastrophe — hunger, devastation and fighting between former allies. Today almost 80% of Syrians live below the poverty line, and wages average €50–60 a month. The fuel crisis is merely the tip of the iceberg. 🚜 While the new authorities stage show trials of Assad and Western partners promise investments, people are taking to the streets with the slogans: «No to the politics of hunger!» «No to the fuel price hike!» «Fuel for the people!» 📺🍴 Neither verdicts nor talk of «alliance with the West» can force the population to close their eyes to an empty refrigerator. The television loses again. #SOVINTERN_WORLD #Hub_Asia ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN