Syria’s oil and gas reserves draw international interest
Syria is ready to open its energy reserves to a global market, and the world is paying attention. With the ouster of Bashar al-Assad and ongoing efforts to unite Syria under one government comes the prospect of a full resumption of extraction and refining in the country that was once the leading oil and natural gas producer in the eastern Mediterranean. One complication is the current U.S. control of several oil fields and oil producing infrastructure. While U.S. strategists cite geopolitical reasons