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Syrians try to overcome fuel crisis by turning to Mother Nature

STORY: Syrians try to overcome fuel crisis by turning to Mother Nature DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:26 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of gas stations 2. various of a worker cutting wood 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD JUHA, Woodcutter 4. various of Al-muthana al-Shoufi collecting the cow dung 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AL-MUTHANA AL-SHOUFI, Farmer 6. various of the olive pomace 7. various of the pistachio shells heater 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ABDULLAH ALI TWAIT, Owner of local heater factory 9. various of U.S. troops in Hasakah 10. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD AL-OMARI, Syrian political expert 11. various of oil fields in eastern Syria STORYLINE: Amid a lingering fuel crisis, and the hardships that have come along as a result of the U.S. sanctions, Syrians had to figure out solutions to make up for the lack of diesel and gas. In the capital Damascus, the demand for firewood has dramatically increased as people started using it for heaters in the winter and for

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Security power in Muthana Province transferred to Iraqis

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks at a ceremony in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on July 13 for the transfer of security power in Muthana Province from an international coalition force to the Iraqis.

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Security power in Muthana Province transferred to Iraqis

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Iraqi security members march during a ceremony in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on July 13 for the transfer of security power in Muthana Province in southern Iraq from an international coalition force to the Iraqis.

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(2)203 Iraqi police officers complete British forces training

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A graduation ceremony was held for 203 Iraqi police officers who completed three weeks of training offered by the British forces in Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana on April 4.

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(1)203 Iraqi police officers complete British forces training

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A total of 203 Iraqi police officers complete three weeks of training in a ceremony organized by the British forces in Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana on April 4. British forces took over security duties from Dutch troops in March in Samawah, where Japanese ground troops are stationed for reconstruction work.

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Ceremony held to hand over security duties to Britain

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A ceremony is held at Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana on March 7 for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province, where Japanese ground troops are stationed for reconstruction work.

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(1)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Britain

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Dutch troops load packs onto vehicles at Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province, where Japan's ground troops are stationed for reconstruction work.

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(7)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Britain

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Dutch vehicles leave Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana for Kuwait on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province.

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(2)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Britain

SAMAWAH, Iraq - British soldiers (C) shake hands with Dutch soldiers at Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province, where Japan's ground troops are stationed for reconstruction work.

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(4)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Britain

SAMAWAH, Iraq - An armed Dutch vehicle leaves Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana for Kuwait on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province.

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(3)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Britain

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A British soldier (R) chats with Dutch soldiers at Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province.

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(5)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Britain

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Dutch soldiers leave Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana for Kuwait on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province.

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(6)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Britain

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Dutch vehicles leave Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana for Kuwait on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province.

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(2)Defense Agency chief Ono visits SDF camp in S. Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Japanese Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori (R) shakes hands with Mohammad Ali-Hassan, the governor of Muthana Province, at a Japanese base in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Dec. 5.

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Iraqi police can keep Muthana safe, protect Japanese troops

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Karim Heleibit Menahir, police chief of the southern Iraqi province of Muthana, where Japanese ground troops are deployed on an aid mission, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News. He said that Iraqi police are capable of maintaining public security after Dutch forces there withdraw in March 2005.

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Muthana gov. asks Japan to extend deployment of troops in Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Mohammad Ali-Hassan, the governor of Iraq's Muthana Province, speaks to reporters in the provincial capital Samawah on Dec. 2. He asked Japan to extend the deployment of its troops in Samawah. Japan had some 600 ground troops there for a humanitarian aid mission.

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Koizumi promises Muthana gov. to keep SDF in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with visiting Muthana Gov. Mohammad Ali-Hassan from southeastern Iraq at the prime minister's office on Oct. 5. In a meeting with Ali-Hassan, Koizumi promised that Japan will keep its Self-Defense Forces troops there for humanitarian and reconstruction aid.

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Shiite cleric calls for increase in SDF troops in Samawah

TOKYO, Japan - Muslim Shiite leaders (seated on the left) from Iraq's Muthana Province meet with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and other Japanese officials in Tokyo on May 25. They urged Japan to increase the number of Self-Defense Forces troops in the provincial capital of Samawah. ''I do not want a pullout of Self-Defense Forces, but rather hope for an increase in the number,'' Ali Almaili (2nd from L) was quoted as telling Koizumi.

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Kyodo obtains photo of device used for firing shells at GSDF

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Photo obtained by Kyodo News shows a device from which shells were fired toward the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) camp in Samawah on April 7. Muthana Provincial police concluded the device was used for firing the shells, all of which fell short of the camp. Cases for holding shells are seen next to the device.

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Police guard Muthana provincial office

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Iraqi police stand guard in front of the Muthana provincial office in Samawah as supporters of Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr planned a demonstration here.

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Japan gives medical equipment to Iraqi hospital

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (2nd from L), chief of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GDSF) noncombat unit stationed in Samawah shakes hands with a Muthana provincial government official on March 14 after delivered 36 million yen worth of medical equipment to a maternity hospital in the city as part of Japan's aid-in-grant program to Iraq.

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(1)Iraqi students seek more job opportunities

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Iraqi students hold a rally outside the Muthana provincial governor's residence in Samawah on March 13 and urge the provincial government to create more job opportunities for them.

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(3)Japan provides Iraq with water trucks

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force members give a lecture to residents in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on the operations of water trucks that Japan provided to Muthana Province, southern Iraq, on March 10.

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(2)Japan provides Iraq with water trucks

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A resident in Samawah rides in one of the water trucks Japan provided to Muthana Province, southern Iraq, on March 10.

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(1)Japan provides Iraq with water trucks

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (C), head of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force core unit in Iraq, shakes hands with Muthana Gov. Mohammed Ali Hassan in a ceremony to provide Muthana Province with water trucks (far back) in Samawah on March 10.

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Welcoming meeting held for Japanese ground troops in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Masahisa Sato (L at the podium), who heads the advance team for a GSDF mission to Iraq, speaks at a welcoming meeting for Japanese ground troops in Samawah on Feb. 9. The meeting, sponsored by the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority and Muthana Province, was attended by some 200 people, including local tribal leaders.

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SYRIA-SWEIDA-COW DUNG-FUEL

(220205) -- SWEIDA, Feb. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Al-Muthana Hasan al-Shoufi, 53, collects cow dung to use later as heating fuel during the harsh winter in Syria on Jan. 23, 2022. As heating fuel has become out of reach for many Syrians because of the U.S. economic sanctions and its control over key oil fields in the country, farmers in the southern province of Sweida now resort to cow dung as an alternative to survive the harsh winter. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syrian farmers resort to cow dung as heating fuel amid U.S. sanctions" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-SWEIDA-COW DUNG-FUEL

(220205) -- SWEIDA, Feb. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Al-Muthana Hasan al-Shoufi, 53, collects cow dung to use later as heating fuel during the harsh winter in Syria on Jan. 23, 2022. As heating fuel has become out of reach for many Syrians because of the U.S. economic sanctions and its control over key oil fields in the country, farmers in the southern province of Sweida now resort to cow dung as an alternative to survive the harsh winter. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syrian farmers resort to cow dung as heating fuel amid U.S. sanctions" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-SWEIDA-COW DUNG-FUEL

(220205) -- SWEIDA, Feb. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Al-Muthana Hasan al-Shoufi, 53, and his family use cow dung as heating fuel in Sweida, Syria, on Jan. 23, 2022. As heating fuel has become out of reach for many Syrians because of the U.S. economic sanctions and its control over key oil fields in the country, farmers in the southern province of Sweida now resort to cow dung as an alternative to survive the harsh winter. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syrian farmers resort to cow dung as heating fuel amid U.S. sanctions" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-SWEIDA-COW DUNG-FUEL

(220205) -- SWEIDA, Feb. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Al-Muthana Hasan al-Shoufi, 53, and his family use cow dung as heating fuel in Sweida, Syria, on Jan. 23, 2022. As heating fuel has become out of reach for many Syrians because of the U.S. economic sanctions and its control over key oil fields in the country, farmers in the southern province of Sweida now resort to cow dung as an alternative to survive the harsh winter. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syrian farmers resort to cow dung as heating fuel amid U.S. sanctions" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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Koizumi promises Muthana gov. to keep SDF in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with visiting Muthana Gov. Mohammad Ali-Hassan from southeastern Iraq at the prime minister's office on Oct. 5. In a meeting with Ali-Hassan, Koizumi promised that Japan will keep its Self-Defense Forces troops there for humanitarian and reconstruction aid. (Kyodo)

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Muthana gov. asks Japan to extend deployment of troops in Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Mohammad Ali-Hassan, the governor of Iraq's Muthana Province, speaks to reporters in the provincial capital Samawah on Dec. 2. He asked Japan to extend the deployment of its troops in Samawah. Japan had some 600 ground troops there for a humanitarian aid mission. (Kyodo)

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Iraqi police can keep Muthana safe, protect Japanese troops

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Karim Heleibit Menahir, police chief of the southern Iraqi province of Muthana, where Japanese ground troops are deployed on an aid mission, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News. He said that Iraqi police are capable of maintaining public security after Dutch forces there withdraw in March 2005. (Kyodo)

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(2)Defense Agency chief Ono visits SDF camp in S. Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Japanese Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori (R) shakes hands with Mohammad Ali-Hassan, the governor of Muthana Province, at a Japanese base in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Dec. 5. (Kyodo)

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Ceremony held to hand over security duties to Britain

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A ceremony is held at Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana on March 7 for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province, where Japanese ground troops are stationed for reconstruction work. (Kyodo)

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(4)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Brita

SAMAWAH, Iraq - An armed Dutch vehicle leaves Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana for Kuwait on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province. (Kyodo)

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(7)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Brita

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Dutch vehicles leave Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana for Kuwait on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province. (Kyodo)

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(5)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Brita

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Dutch soldiers leave Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana for Kuwait on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province. (Kyodo)

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(1)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Brita

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Dutch troops load packs onto vehicles at Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province, where Japan's ground troops are stationed for reconstruction work. (Kyodo)

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(2)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Brita

SAMAWAH, Iraq - British soldiers (C) shake hands with Dutch soldiers at Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province, where Japan's ground troops are stationed for reconstruction work. (Kyodo)

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(1)203 Iraqi police officers complete British forces training

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A total of 203 Iraqi police officers complete three weeks of training in a ceremony organized by the British forces in Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana on April 4. British forces took over security duties from Dutch troops in March in Samawah, where Japanese ground troops are stationed for reconstruction work. (Kyodo)

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(2)203 Iraqi police officers complete British forces training

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A graduation ceremony was held for 203 Iraqi police officers who completed three weeks of training offered by the British forces in Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana on April 4. (Kyodo)

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Security power in Muthana Province transferred to Iraqis

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Iraqi security members march during a ceremony in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on July 13 for the transfer of security power in Muthana Province in southern Iraq from an international coalition force to the Iraqis. (Kyodo)

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Security power in Muthana Province transferred to Iraqis

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks at a ceremony in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on July 13 for the transfer of security power in Muthana Province from an international coalition force to the Iraqis. (Kyodo)

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(6)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Brita

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Dutch vehicles leave Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana for Kuwait on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province. (Kyodo)

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(3)Dutch troops to hand over security duties in Muthana to Brita

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A British soldier (R) chats with Dutch soldiers at Camp Smitty outside Samawah in the southern Iraqi province of Muthana on March 7 ahead of a ceremony for Dutch troops to hand over to British forces their security duties in the province. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan provides Iraq with water trucks

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A resident in Samawah rides in one of the water trucks Japan provided to Muthana Province, southern Iraq, on March 10. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan provides Iraq with water trucks

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (C), head of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force core unit in Iraq, shakes hands with Muthana Gov. Mohammed Ali Hassan in a ceremony to provide Muthana Province with water trucks (far back) in Samawah on March 10. (Kyodo)

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(1)Iraqi students seek more job opportunities

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Iraqi students hold a rally outside the Muthana provincial governor's residence in Samawah on March 13 and urge the provincial government to create more job opportunities for them. (Kyodo)

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Shiite cleric calls for increase in SDF troops in Samawah

TOKYO, Japan - Muslim Shiite leaders (seated on the left) from Iraq's Muthana Province meet with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and other Japanese officials in Tokyo on May 25. They urged Japan to increase the number of Self-Defense Forces troops in the provincial capital of Samawah. ''I do not want a pullout of Self-Defense Forces, but rather hope for an increase in the number,'' Ali Almaili (2nd from L) was quoted as telling Koizumi. (Kyodo)