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U.S.-Controlled Oilfield In Syria Attacked By Rockets

A key oilfield near a U.S. military base in Syria’s Deir Ezzor region came under rocket attack on Monday, hours after the U.S. military said on Sunday it had carried Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Jun 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Three Killed In Attack On Oil Tanker Off Syrian Coast

A drone attack set an oil tanker off the Syrian coast on fire, the country’s oil ministry said as quoted by various media, adding that it suspected the attack came Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Apr 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Israel
  • Syria

Israel intensifying air war in Syria against Iranian encroachment

Israel has dramatically expanded air strikes on suspected Iranian missile and weapons production centres in Syria to repel what it sees as a stealthy military encroachment by its regional arch-enemy, Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Apr 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Russia
  • Syria

Russia Strikes Islamic State Strongholds in Syria as Insurgency Gains Ground

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors developments in the Syrian war , said 26 Islamic State members died in Russian airstrikes in Palmyra and other areas of the Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Apr 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • Syria

Syria: Oil Tankers From Iran To Syria Intercepted

Tankers carrying oil from Iran to Syria have been intercepted in the Red Sea and delayed shipments of oil to Syria, the Prime Minister of Syria, Hussein Arnous, was quoted Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Wheat and fuel shortages overwhelm Syria

Dr Khaled was queueing for petrol when he got an urgent call –   a patient was bleeding from an artery. Normally, he would drive straight to his hospital in Damascus Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Why Syria Is A Critical Part Of Russia’s Energy Strategy

Syria is crucial to Russia for three key reasons. First, it is currently the principal Western point of the Shia crescent of power that stretches from Syria and Lebanon through Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Saudi Troops Join U.S. Base In Oil-Rich Northern Syria

Twenty Saudi soldiers arrived this week at a U.S. military base close to an oilfield in northeastern Syria, according to Iranian media , which cite a report from a Lebanon-based Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

ISIS Blamed For Syria Pipeline Attack

ISIS is believed to have been behind a major attack on Syria’s energy infrastructure earlier this week that caused a nationwide blackout following an explosion at the Arab Gas Pipeline. Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Syrian Kurds Ink Oil Deal with U.S. Company

The autonomous government of northeast Syria has signed a deal for the marketing of crude oil with a U.S. company, Al-Monitor reports , citing unnamed sources in the know. What’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Breaking Assad’s Piggy Bank to Prevent Further Murders

A child receives medical treatment after a sarin gas attack in the town of Douma, Syria on April 08, 2018. According to initial findings over 78 civilians perished in the Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Syria’s Assad Defeated his Foes. Now He Targets his Friends.

For nine years, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has waged a brutal civil war against his enemies and allowed his friends to profit from it. Now, he’s squeezing those same allies Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Syria

Uneasy calm in Syria’s Idlib as Russia-Turkey ceasefire takes effect

Syria’s war-battered Idlib region was quiet but tense on Friday as a ceasefire deal between Moscow and Ankara took effect, with residents and opposition forces describing a lull in air Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Mar 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Turkey strikes Syrian planes and airports, escalating Idlib fight

Turkey shot down two Syrian warplanes over Idlib on Sunday and struck a military airport well beyond its frontlines in a sharp escalation of its military operations following the death Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Mar 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

U.N. says it fears ‘bloodbath’ in northwest Syria fighting

The United Nations warned on Friday that fighting in northwest Syria could “end in a bloodbath” and called again for a ceasefire, while Moscow denied reports of a mass flight Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

‘I Feel Like This Is the End’: A Million Fleeing Syrians Trapped by Assad’s Final Push

Amro Akoush and his family fled their home in northwest Syria with no time to pack a bag and no vehicle to escape the machine-gun fire and falling bombs. Mr. Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Feb 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • Syria

Iran’s credit line to Syria: A well that never runs dry

At the onset of the Syrian uprising in 2011, Iran started lending its longtime ally, the Bashar al-Assad regime, through a credit line to help it survive the wave of Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Feb 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria
  • Turkey

Turkey Launches Deadly Airstrikes Against Syrian Forces

Turkey deployed F-16 fighter jets against government forces in northwestern Syria on Monday, a sharp escalation of the conflict there after six Turkish soldiers were killed by artillery strikes. President Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Feb 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Russia
  • Syria
  • USA

US, Russian Forces Face Off Near Syria’s Oilfields

U.S. troops blocked on Sunday a Russian military convoy from accessing oilfields in Syria’s northeast, in the fourth such skirmish in eight days, Turkish news outlet Daily Sabah reported . Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Jan 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria
  • Turkey

Erdogan says up to 250,000 Syrians flee toward Turkey as crisis worsens

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday up to 250,000 migrants were fleeing toward Turkey from Syria’s northwest Idlib region after weeks of renewed bombardment by Russian and Syrian government forces. Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Jan 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria
  • USA

Assad Plans To Sue The U.S. Over ‘Stealing’ Syria’s Oil

Syria’s government is considering suing the United States in an international court over what a senior advisor to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad referred to as the ‘stealing’ of Syria’s oil. Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Dec 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Syria

Iran militias revive Islamic State oil trade into Syria from Iraq: sources

Highlights Militias also control some Syrian oil fields Illicit oil sales between 4,000 b/d and 10,000 b/d Trade highlights Iran’s entanglement in Iraq London — Iranian proxy militias are thought Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Dec 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Russia
  • Syria

Russia Strengthens Its Grip On Syrian Oil

Following the various recent announcements from U.S. President Donald Trump that he wants the country to withdraw from all areas of potential conflict in the Middle East – except Saudi Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Israel
  • Syria

Israel launches air strikes in Syria, Damascus says two killed

Israel said its aircraft struck dozens of Iranian and Syrian military targets in Syria on Wednesday in retaliation for rockets fired toward Israel a day earlier.  Syrian state media reported Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Syria’s oil minister says production unit in Banias refinery damaged in explosion

An explosion took place in one of the production units of Syria’s Banias refinery near the Mediterranean coast during maintenance operations, Syria’s oil minister said on Thursday. One worker was Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria
  • Turkey
  • USA

Erdogan says U.S. not fulfilling Syria promises, ahead of Trump talks

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States and Russia on Thursday of failing to fulfill their part of a deal for Kurdish militia to leave a Syrian region bordering Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria
  • USA

Why The U.S. Won’t Back Down From Syrian Oil Fields

The U.S. military near the oil fields in northern Syria has every right to defend against other forces if oil is threatened, according to Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman. Proceeds Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

The Next Stage Of Trump’s Plan To “Secure The Oil” In Syria

Turkey’s state-run media is reporting the United States is planning two new military bases in Syria’s oil-rich Deir ez-Zor province, which are currently under construction, after US special forces convoys Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria
  • Turkey

Turkey’s Erdogan says Kurdish YPG have not left Syria ‘safe zone’

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the Kurdish YPG militia had not withdrawn from some areas inside Syria along the Turkish border and that U.S. forces were still carrying Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Inside Syria’s teeming ISIS prisons: Broken men, child inmates and orders to break free

They are the remains of the Islamic State, a once sprawling kingdom built by foot soldiers from around the world to terrorize and enslave those they conquered. Hollow-eyed and gaunt, Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Is Trump Turning The U.S. Military Into ‘Oil Pirates’?

After President Trump suggested on Sunday that he would like to make a deal with Exxon Mobil or “one of our great companies” to go into occupied Syria and take Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

‘Mission creep’: US to block Russian, Syrian forces from vast oil fields

The U.S. mission in Syria has morphed far beyond counterterrorism operations and now puts American forces in a position where they could battle Russian troops for control of Syrian oil. Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Russia tells Turkey Kurdish fighters have left NE Syrian border area: Erdogan

 Russia has informed Turkey that Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters have withdrawn from a strip of land near the Syrian-Turkish border within a deadline set by Ankara and Moscow, President Tayyip Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Russia Releases Damning Evidence Of The U.S. Smuggling Syrian Oil

The Russian Ministry of Defense has published satellite intelligence images, showing American oil smuggling from Syria. (Click to enlarge) Image 1: Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as of October Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Turkey says Kurdish YPG has not fully withdrawn from Syria border area

Kurdish YPG forces have not fully withdrawn from a strip of northeastern Syria under a Russia-brokered accord that is about to expire, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Monday, as Ankara Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Syrian Kurdish forces say leaving Turkish border area, Damascus welcomes move

 The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Sunday it had agreed to withdraw more than 30 km (19 miles) from the Turkish border, an announcement welcomed by Damascus which Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Trump suggestion of taking Syrian oil draws rebukes

U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion on Sunday that Exxon Mobil or another U.S. oil company operate Syrian oil fields drew rebukes from legal and energy experts. “What I intend to Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Clashes Break Out in Northern Syria, Testing Turkish Truce

Turkey didn’t comment on the claim, but accused the Kurds of targeting its forces. The Turkish presidency’s press office said five Turkish soldiers were injured Thursday. Related Several players are Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Trump Vows To Protect Syrian Oil Fields From ISIS

The United States may leave 500 troops in northeastern Syria and send in battle tanks and other equipment, the Wall Street Journal reports , citing military officials who presented the Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

The End Of Syria’s “Pipeline War”

Russia-Turkey deal establishes ‘safe zone’ along Turkish border and there will be joint Russia-Turkey military patrols. The negotiations in Sochi were long – over six hours – tense and tough. Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Syrian Kurds accuse Turkey of violations, Russia says peace plan on track

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) accused Turkey on Thursday of launching a large land offensive targeting three villages in northeast Syria despite a truce, but Russia said a peace Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Pentagon readying plan to contain Islamic State, safeguard oil in Syria: U.S. senator

U.S. military leaders are preparing a plan that could keep Islamic State fighters from regaining a foothold in Syria, while preventing Syrian oil from falling into the hands of Iran Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Russia Strikes Syrian Rebel Stronghold, Raising Fears of Assad Regime Offensive

Russian aircraft carried out strikes on the last rebel stronghold in northwestern Syria early Thursday, according to a monitoring group and rescue workers, raising fears of an all-out Syrian regime Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria
  • USA

U.S. Weighs Leaving More Troops, Sending Battle Tanks to Syria

The White House is considering options for leaving about 500 U.S. troops in northeast Syria and for sending dozens of battle tanks and other equipment, officials said Thursday, the latest Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Trump Surrenders 2.5 Billion Barrels Of Oil To Syria

The American president just gifted 2.5 billion barrels of oil to long-time Syrian enemy Bashar Al-Assad and, by default, Iran and Russia. As far as gifts go, it was both Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Trump claims he has ‘secured the Oil’ in Syria. Here’s what’s really going on.

If you ask President Trump, the United States is simultaneously bringing its troops home from Syria and securing “ the Oil ” (his capitalization) there. In fact, the United States Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Is ISIS Back?

The American political leadership may not have been able to connect the dots on a withdrawal in Syria, but it’s really quite simple: 1) Americans step aside 2) Turks swarm Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Trump Claims To Have Taken Control Of Middle East Oil

“We’ve taken control of the oil in the Middle East,” President Trump claimed on Friday afternoon, in response to criticism over his handling of US troop movements out of Syria. Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Kurds Reported to Be Pulling Out of Syria ‘Safe Zone’ as Fighting Eases

 Kurdish forces began pulling out of a 20-mile buffer zone in northern Syria as fighting eased on Friday, Turkish and American officials said, signaling that a cease-fire announced a day Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria

Turkey agrees with U.S. to pause Syria assault while Kurds withdraw

Turkey agreed on Thursday to pause its offensive in Syria for five days to let Kurdish forces withdraw from a “safe zone” Ankara had sought to capture, in a deal Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple

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