Syria emerges as unexpected beneficiary from revived Iraq-Mediterranean oil route
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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. Tanker trucks travel the 860km road from Ramadi, Iraq to Syria's Baniyas terminal on the Mediterranean coast, bringing oil for export. This development, occurring in the context of the Gulf war, provides economic relief to Syria's post-war government.
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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