{"id":594860,"date":"2026-05-02T00:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=594860"},"modified":"2026-05-02T00:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:35:00","slug":"russia-now-main-supplier-of-oil-to-post-assad-syria-despite-pivot-to-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=594860","title":{"rendered":"Russia Now Main Supplier Of Oil To Post-Assad Syria, Despite Pivot To West"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia Now Main Supplier Of Oil To Post-Assad Syria, Despite Pivot To West<\/span><\/p>\n

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Via The Cradle<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Russia has become Syria’s leading supplier of oil<\/strong> since the collapse of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad\u2019s government and the rise to power of former Al-Qaeda chief Ahmad al-Sharaa, according to\u00a0Reuters<\/i><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shipments of Russian oil have risen by 75 percent this year to roughly 60,000 barrels per day (bpd), based on\u00a0Reuters<\/i>\u00a0calculations using official data and vessel tracking from LSEG, MarineTraffic, and Shipnext.<\/p>\n

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While these volumes account for only a small fraction of Russia\u2019s total global oil exports, they are significant for Syria<\/strong>. With domestic production still well below demand, Russian supplies have made Moscow the country\u2019s leading crude provider.<\/p>\n

According to two analysts and three Syrian officials cited by\u00a0Reuters<\/i>, the trade is driven by economic necessity in Damascus while also allowing Moscow to maintain influence in Syria<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The energy supplies risk complicating Syrian ties with Washington and the EU, sources were cited as saying.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the US were to fail to reach an agreement or settlement with Russia regarding Ukraine, it wouldn\u2019t be a surprise if it told Syria overnight to stop buying these oil shipments,\u201d said economist Karam Shaar.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Syria has undergone a major shift toward Washington and the west since Assad\u2019s ouster. The US has declared Damascus a partner and ally in the fight against ISIS \u2013 ignoring the Syrian government\u2019s ties to the extremist organization<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Damascus was also engaged in talks with Israel throughout last year, and began a crackdown on Palestinian resistance factions in Syria at Washington\u2019s request.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As a result, most US sanctions have been lifted. Despite this, Syria has not been fully integrated into the global economic system<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Russia was a prime supporter of the Assad government. Throughout the 14-year war in Syria, Russian airstrikes repeatedly targeted extremist groups \u2013 which now make up the bulk of Syria’s official military and security apparatus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But ties have\u00a0improved<\/a>, and Russia has retained a military presence inside Syria following negotiations with Damascus throughout 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In March last year,\u00a0Reuters<\/i>\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that Syria was receiving currency shipments from Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 05\/01\/2026 – 20:35<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russia Now Main Supplier Of Oil To Post-Assad Syria, Despite Pivot To West Via The Cradle Russia has become Syria’s leading supplier of oil since the collapse of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad\u2019s government and the rise to power of former Al-Qaeda chief Ahmad al-Sharaa, according to\u00a0Reuters.\u00a0 Shipments of Russian oil have risen by 75… Continue reading Russia Now Main Supplier Of Oil To Post-Assad Syria, Despite Pivot To West<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":594861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=594860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/594861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=594860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=594860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=594860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}