The increases represent the third time this year that authorities have increased the price of fuel, as the Syrian pound continues to depreciate.
Syria’s currency is trading at around 4,250 to the dollar on the black market, compared to an official rate of 2,814.
“This measure will hit everyone,” said Raed al-Saadi, a warehouse worker. “Our salary is now only enough to get us to the workplace, and not even enough to get us home again.”