The deal also covered the full reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Aleppo thermal plant, the installation of the Deir Ezzor power plant, and the expansion of capacity of the Mharda and Tishreen plants, with a view to re-energising Syria’s power grid and restoring the main control centre for the grid back to Damascus. The U.K. – which played a vital role alongside the U.S. in the ousting of al-Assad – recently lifted sanctions on several major Syrian firms, particularly those connected to its former cornerstone oil and gas sectors as part of a coordinated strategy by the West to secure the western flank of the Middle East that has unfettered access to the Mediterranean Sea. The coastline encompasses Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Egypt and is regarded as a strategic zero-sum game by both the West and the East, given the access it provides to the world’s sea routes and to land routes along in southern Europe and northern Africa, as fully analysed in my latest book on the new global oil market order.
Author: Simon Watkins
Published at: 2025-05-20 22:00:00
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