TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION : KURDISH OIL FOR ASSAD ?
“On the other side, the PYD is accused of cooperating with the regime in managing oil resources. On April 16, some government documents published by the Syrian weekly Jisr indicated an agreement between the Oil Ministry, the military intelligence and the PYD to allow the latter to guard the wells in Rmelan. “The PYD took over the wells on March 1, but oil kept flowing toward the government refinery in Banyas until approximately March 20, when some Arab phalanxes closed the valves in Tell Hamis,” the electric engineer said.
Andrea Glioti – Al Monitor – 17.5.2013