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During the mainstay of the proxy war and US occupation of Deir Ezzor and Hasakah provinces, some 90% of Syria's crude oil came from Iran. There were still mass fuel shortages, and huge queues at gas stations.
Syria had never been a significant exporter or importer of crude, which means the population has suffered greatly during the war, and amid international sanctions.
The US occupation in the northeast cut off the bulk of the country from access to its own natural resources. There's a likelihood that now the new hardline Sunni regime in Damascus can enrich itself.
It remains anything but clear whether the country's limited natural resources will go back to benefitting the people, or if it will be merely siphoned off by external players - a scenario strongly suggested by Trump's own prior words.
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Syria had never been a significant exporter or importer of crude, which means the population has suffered greatly during the war, and amid international sanctions.
The US occupation in the northeast cut off the bulk of the country from access to its own natural resources. There's a likelihood that now the new hardline Sunni regime in Damascus can enrich itself.
It remains anything but clear whether the country's limited natural resources will go back to benefitting the people, or if it will be merely siphoned off by external players - a scenario strongly suggested by Trump's own prior words.
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