Oil futures rose on Thursday as the dollar weakened and Russia continued its military operations in Syria, though the global glut of crude continued to weigh on prices. Russia escalated its assault on opponents of Bashar al-Assad’s regime with its first naval bombardment on Wednesday, a week after Moscow began its campaign in the war-torn country. The intervention added to the uncertainty in the Middle East, one of world’s biggest oil producing regions. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.3% to $51.94 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures exchange. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, West Texas Intermediate futures were trading up 0.3% at $47.93 a barrel. On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index, which tracks the dollar against a basket of other currencies, fell 0.2% ahead of the release of the minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting. As oil is priced in dollars, it becomes […]