The pro-regime newspaper "Al-Watan" said Thursday that the Iranian government had recently taken a decision to raise the quantity of crude oil supplied to Syria to reach three million barrels per month.
The newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying that Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi had taken a decision to increase the quantities of oil supplies to Syria from two million barrels per month to three million barrels to help it overcome the energy crisis it suffers from “as a result of the occupation of the sources of its oil wealth and the theft of its oil and gas by the American occupation forces, and the repercussions of unfair coercive measures.
The sources indicated that during the meeting of the President of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad, the Iranian Minister of Roads and Cities Building, Rostam Qassemi, on the sixth of last month, they discussed the new Iranian step, and its positive effects that will be reflected in further breakthroughs with regard to oil derivatives.
The newspaper said that the Iranian president assured Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, during his visit to Tehran last week, his country's determination to help the Syrian regime in all economic and security files, and pointed out that "Syria's security and sovereignty and its role in the region is important and vital and enjoys Iran's attention and support."
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Syria’s uprising turned civil war that started in 2011 has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced half the country’s pre-war population of 23 million. More than 80% of Syrians now live in poverty, leaving much of the population dependent on humanitarian assistance.
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