Free public transport project in Idlib, Syria

The buses were an instant success from the first day. Each of them transported more than a thousand passengers, and the number doubled over the following days. 

The project was reactivated at a time when fuel prices increased as a result of the high exchange rate of the Syrian pound (SYP) against the dollar, and the closure of roads of fuel coming from oil fields in north-eastern Syria,

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Western-backed YPG=PKK thugs getting away with murder

The Western media and politicians prefered to remain silent about the YPG's terror attack that killed 13 civilians in Tal Abyad, although the safety of civilians in northern Syria was the focus of concerns three weeks ago

The Western media and politicians have chosen to remain silent once again to the atrocities being committed by the PKK terrorist group's Syrian branch People's Protection Units (YPG).
The YPG killed 13 civilians and injured 20 others on Saturday in an attack carried out at a market in Tal Abyad, Syria.

Turkey #publictransport to be fare-free for four days of Eid Al Adha

Travelers on highways and bridges managed by the General Directorate of Highways will be exempt from paying tolls and municipality-run public transportation will be free during the upcoming Qurban Bayram holiday (also known as Eid al-Adha) in Turkey, according to a decree signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2019/08/07/turkey-to-enjoy-toll-free-road-travel-free-public-transport-during-holiday 

KRG, sitting on top of huge oil reserve, is broke

rudaw, Kurdistan Region — Projects underway by companies and contractors have stalled in Kirkuk under pilling local administration debt as the province is complaining that the federal government hasn’t sent its share of the Iraqi budget or petrodollar for four years.

"There are no projects [underway]. We don't see anything. It isn't only the Kurdish areas. There are no projects anywhere. We had the petrodollar in this city. Things were done," shop owner Walid Mohammed told Rudaw.

All major powers cooperating to commit war crimes

Today again the displacement of the countryside is repeated #Homs North. #Children, #women and displaced civilians are sitting on the roads now after their arrival in the #Syrian_north and the rain is falling on them
the suffering of displacement starts now#syria pic.twitter.com/82qzdpvfwY

— muhammad najem (@muhammadnajem20) May 7, 2018

Who controls #kirkukoil has great leverage on world economy

The Energy Giant Taking Over Kurdistan | OilPrice.com: "No matter how one sees the Erbil-Baghdad row, it is highly remarkable that Rosneft has factually become an arm of Russian foreign policy in the Middle East. Practically negotiating state-to-state diplomatic and military relations, the Russian IOC has managed to wriggle itself into almost all energy-related equations, without seemingly antagonizing anyone, even more so, promising investment to both quarreling sides. No small feat."

Amman, Jordan, car culture very unpleasant, expensive.

Lack of public spaces, inefficient public transportation in capital come under spotlight | Jordan Times: "“We need to create a sense of belonging to the city,” said an architect and urban planner Rami Daher during the event, denouncing the lack of “public spaces” in the city. 

“Just a very exclusive type of public space is being created which leads to geographies of inequality,” he insisted. 

The architect, along with the audience, asked for a bigger involvement of the state in the future development of the Jordanian capital with most of the claims focusing on transportation and public projects targeting the whole Ammani society. 

Nemeh Qatanani, GAM’s engineering director, referred to the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), which he said would help improve public transportation.

“The share of the public transport is very humble currently, with 5 per cent of rides made by buses and 8 per cent by shared taxi,” Qatanani stated. 

GAM highlighted its keenness to complete an organised public transportation system. “Between 20 and 25 per cent of household income of the Amman population is used for mobility expenses solely,” he said."