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![The price of goods have surged during Ramadan, leading to growing dissatisfaction among Girke Leg residents. Many say merchants are exploiting the month as an opportunity to increase prices on essential items. (Still grab, undated VOA Kurdish video)]() March 08, 2025 March 08, 2025Prices rise during Ramadan, residents express discontent
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![FILE - In this file photo dated May 1, 2019, a woman and child sit on a hill overlooking the Euphrates River as families picnic on May Day, in Derik, Syria.]() February 20, 2025 February 20, 2025Derik residents speak of social justice
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![Hozen Mihemed explains the plight of livestock owners in Derik, Syria.]() January 28, 2025 January 28, 2025Livestock owners in Derik ask for help
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![A workers carries a bag of Syrian currency notes to Syrian central bank, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Dec. 16, 2024.]() December 18, 2024 December 18, 2024VOA Kurdish: Syrian currency gets boost in value, but prices remain high
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![FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, May 1, 2019, a woman and child sit on a hill overlooking the Euphrates River as families picnic on May Day, in Derik, Syria.]() December 10, 2024 December 10, 2024VOA Kurdish: Fall of Syrian currency impacting economy in Derik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
