Friday, November 24, 2017

Pepe Escobar — Syria war, Sochi peace

Most of what lies ahead hinges on who will control Syria’s oil and gas fields. It’s Pipelineistan all over again; all wars are energy wars. Damascus simply won’t accept an energy bonanza for the US-supported SDF, actually led by the YPG.
And neither would Russia. Apart from Moscow holding on to a strategic eastern Mediterranean base, eventually Gazprom wants to be an investment partner/operator in a newly feasible Iran-Iraq-Syria gas pipeline, whose main customer will be the EU. Beyond Sochi, the real – Pipelineistan – war has only just begun.
Asia Times
Syria war, Sochi peace
Pepe Escobar

2 comments:

Matt Franko said...

Duh...

Matt Franko said...

The whole thing over there is factions fighting for control over which faction gets to try to screw over the west for oil/gas ....

With energy independence in the west the whole place over there will turn into current Yemen....