Syria - Business based on blood: how much is Syrian oil worth?
Summary News
The events in Syria are reminiscent of what happened in Iraq in 2003 and in Libya in 2011.
War for oil
According to official reports, before the start of the war in Syria, the country produced about 380,000 barrels of oil per day in the east of the Euphrates. This ensured the country's financial independence and created a basis for economic growth. Currently, the oil regions are under foreign military occupation.
On a territory stretching from Al-Malikiyah in the north to Abu Kamal in the south Syria, special units of the United States, France, UK, Canada and other countries of the so-called "anti-Daesh coalition" have been deployed. The Americans provide their allies with weapons, military equipment, transportation, and some of its supplies are concentrated around the oil fields.
Mercenary Coalition
Syrian oil fields look like military sites protected by armed individuals in uniforms. They are not only fighters of the international coalition units, but also mercenaries of American private military companies. They primarily protect the theft of Syrian oil. Local bandits of armed opposition groups under American protection...
Criminal traffic
It was calculated that in eight years of war the Syrian oil sector had lost $ 14.5 billion. According to the "daily El Watan", in the first quarter of 2019 alone, losses amounted to $ 332 million. This criminal traffic extends from northern Iraq to Turkey. It is impossible to establish the exact amount of stolen oil. Many deposits are entirely or partially unusable: either as a result of military activities or because of the barbarous methods of extraction of the raw material.
About Writer Pascal Gibert
Former journalist and press relations, web development, etc. Ardent defender of the axis of resistance.
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