#AfrinCity Protesters - against high electricity prices and long power cuts - have set the electricity company on fire tonight. I received this video a while ago from one of my contacts in Afrin (the city).
In the Mahmoudiye district. "And the local council w stormed and set on fire. A popular intifada" as my source describes it, "1000s on the street, against the very high energy bills that people can't afford. Bills reach ahout $50." #Afrin
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Another video from Afrin City tonight:
Updates from Afrin City this morning:
- the Syrian Interim Government (SIG) has fired the (Kurdish) head of the city council, Mohamad Said Suleyman.
(I interv'd Suleyman in October, he is a Kurdish businessman who had to live outside Afrin becuz of the PKK, but returned in 2018)
- the Syrian Interim Government (SIG) has fired the (Kurdish) head of the city council, Mohamad Said Suleyman.
(I interv'd Suleyman in October, he is a Kurdish businessman who had to live outside Afrin becuz of the PKK, but returned in 2018)
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