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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi

Jordan truckers' strike exposes woes of impoverished south

FILE PHOTO: A driver sits in a truck, during a truckers strike over fuel price rises, which petered out the end of 2022 after a security clampdown, in the southern city of Maan, Jordan December 17, 2022, in this screengrab taken from a Reuters TV video. Reuters TV via REUTERS

Striking Jordanian trucker Suleiman Abu al-Zait spent several long nights on a national highway along his native city of Maan, manning a picket line that created havoc to overland trade.

"Diesel is my lifeline," said 54-year-old Abu al-Zait, who has seen his livelihood thrown into jeopardy by high fuel price rises since Russia invaded Ukraine.

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