Russia has shipped diesel cargo to Syria aboard a tanker that is under U.S. sanctions, marking the first known such direct supply to the Middle Eastern country in over a decade. The Barbados ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Thousands of backyard oil refineries are scattered across parts of Syria, and millions of displaced residents rely on them for fuel to survive. But working inside ...

Two tankers hit by U.S. sanctions are due to offload Russian Arctic Oil in Syria for the first time, days after Moscow made its first known delivery of diesel there in more than a decade, according to ...

Amir Daftari is a Newsweek reporter based in London, specializing in global affairs with a focus on the Middle East. He joined Newsweek in 2024 from the United Nations and has previously worked at ...