Posted on 03/10/2015 5:18:27 AM PDT by thackney
The European Union has imposed sanctions on a Syrian businessman who it says has bought oil for Syria from ISIS that the government in Damascus has declared to be its enemy.
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Syria Sanctions Update: New EU Sanctions Indicate Assad Regime, ISIS Working Together
http://www.ibtimes.com/syria-sanctions-update-new-eu-sanctions-indicate-assad-regime-isis-working-together-1839806
The latest EU sanctions imposed against Syria indicate the regime of President Bashar Assad has been working clandestinely with the Islamic State group, the Financial Times reported. Sanctions, published Saturday, were imposed against Syrian-Greek businessman George Haswani, head of Hesco, one of Syria’s largest engineering firms, for allegedly brokering secret oil deals between the extremist group and the regime.
Hesco also operates a natural gas plant in Tabqa that is run jointly by the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, and the regime, a diplomat familiar with the sanctions told the Times. The relationship provides ISIS with revenue.
“We have also agreed to target individuals supplying oil to the regime, including George Haswani, a middleman buying oil from ISIL [ISIS] on behalf of the regime. This listing gives yet another indication that Assad’s ‘war’ on ISIL is a sham and that he supports them financially,” British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said.
Syrian army takes over oil fields from ISIS
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/67500.html
7 March 2015
The Syrian army was able to win back several oil fields from ISIS. The oil fields are located in the region of Syria’s Palmyra, 240 km northeast of Damascus, Sputnik reports citing its source in the military.
The Syrian military has already managed to take control of all roads leading to the fields.
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