Syria emerges as unexpected beneficiary from revived Iraq-Mediterranean oil route
By
The Economist
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Summary
The article reports on how Syria's new regime is benefiting from the revival of an old oil-export route from Iraq to the Mediterranean Sea. Lorries transport oil along the 860km road from Ramadi in Iraq to Syria's Baniyas terminal on the Mediterranean coast, providing economic relief to Syria amid the Gulf war context.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThese days the 860km-long road from Ramadi in Iraq to western Syria is lined with lorries heaving with oil.
They rumble past ancient ruins and deserted villages before emptying their tanks at the Baniyas terminal on Syria's Mediterranean coast.
They then return to Iraq to fill up and make the journey again.
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