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
Duh...
ReplyDeleteThe whole thing over there is factions fighting for control over which faction gets to try to screw over the west for oil/gas ....
ReplyDeleteWith energy independence in the west the whole place over there will turn into current Yemen....