HTS opens new petroleum company called “Kaf”
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources
have confirmed that Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham opened a new petroleum company in
areas under its control in Idlib province and parts of Aleppo countryside.
According to SOHR sources, the new company is called
“Kaf” and it is similar to “Watad company which is also affiliated to HTS and
completely controls the fuel market in HTS-held areas in north-western Syria
region.
Local sources have informed SOHR that Hayyaat Tahrir
Al-Sham has opened the new company in an attempt to absorb the anger of
residents who see “Watad” company completely dominating the fuel market, as the
company banned the opening of any competing firms.
“Kaf” company was opened yesterday in Sarmada city
in north Idlib province, where it distributed hundreds of litres of oil used
for heating to displaced people in order to woo the area’s residents.
The newly-opened company announced a list of its
fuel prices this morning with two Turkish piasters per litre cheaper than
“Watad” company, despite the two companies are operating in Idlib province.
However, fuel in areas under the control of Turkish forces and the factions of
“Olive Branch” and “Euphrates Shield” is over ten Turkish piasters cheaper,
while a gas cylinder is eight Turkish liras cheaper than in HTS-controlled
areas.
