The Iraq War saw the use of commercial military forces — mercenaries — to an extensive degree unprecedented in the modern era. One of the military contracting firms, Blackwater (now Continue Reading
Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan has lashed out at the United States, accusing Washington of supplying crude oil to a rebel group calling itself the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, which Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Treasury announced sanctions against five Syrian companies and four individuals on allegations of facilitating crude oil shipments and financing to the Assad government, Reuters reports , Continue Reading
The second-largest oil field in Syria, the Tanak field in the oil-rich Deir Ezzor region, is operational again, nearly a year after U.S.-backed predominantly Kurdish forces recaptured the field from Continue Reading
Clashes between Islamic State militants and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue in eastern Syria, where the Islamist terrorists try to keep control over an oil-rich area between the provinces Continue Reading
Kurds in Syria are sharing part of the oil pumped at oil fields with the Syrian government under a recently signed deal that is working, Russian news outlet Sputnik reported Continue Reading
Islamic State militants recaptured on Monday two oil fields in the oil-rich Deir Ezzor region in Syria, a Turkey-based Syrian news agency reported on Tuesday. According to Qasioun news, the Continue Reading
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday an Israeli attack on Iranian military facilities south of Damascus had killed at least 15 people, including eight Iranians. An Israeli Continue Reading
Israel faces a harsh new world as Syria’s civil war winds down: while Iran remains far away, the Iranian threat now is next door. There are several hundred miles and Continue Reading
Analysis: US avoids direct Russia confrontation with Syria airstrikes, lowering oil price risk Russia informed of strike targets in advance US officials say attacks ‘one-time shot’ Russia seen unlikely to Continue Reading
