A motorcycle moves past a roadblock by locals along the M4 highway in Tal Tamr in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on September 16, 2026, preventing the passage of oil tanker trucks from northeastern Syria to government refineries in protest to recent fuel price hikes. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP via Getty Images)

A motorcycle moves past stalled oil tanker trucks as residents block the M4 highway in Tal Tamr in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on September 16, 2026, preventing their passage from northeastern Syria to government refineries in protest to recent fuel price hikes. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP via Getty Images)

A motorcycle moves past stalled oil tanker trucks as residents block the M4 highway in Tal Tamr in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on September 16, 2026, preventing their passage from northeastern Syria to government refineries in protest to recent fuel price hikes. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP via Getty Images)

A motorcycle moves past stalled oil tanker trucks as residents block the M4 highway in Tal Tamr in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on September 16, 2026, preventing their passage from northeastern Syria to government refineries in protest to recent fuel price hikes. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This aerial view shows stalled oil tanker trucks as residents block the M4 highway in Tal Tamr in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on September 16, 2026, preventing their passage from northeastern Syria to government refineries in protest to recent fuel price hikes. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This aerial view shows stalled oil tanker trucks as residents block the M4 highway in Tal Tamr in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on September 16, 2026, preventing their passage from northeastern Syria to government refineries in protest to recent fuel price hikes. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This aerial view shows stalled oil tanker trucks as residents block the M4 highway in Tal Tamr in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on September 16, 2026, preventing their passage from northeastern Syria to government refineries in protest to recent fuel price hikes. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This aerial view shows stalled oil tanker trucks as residents block the M4 highway in Tal Tamr in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on September 16, 2026, preventing their passage from northeastern Syria to government refineries in protest to recent fuel price hikes. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP via Getty Images)