SYRIA

Kuwait Provides Oil Assistance to Syria 

MEES understands that earlier this month Kuwait gave Syria one VLCC cargo of crude oil in lieu of Kuwait's annual financial aid to Syria.

Syria has encountered delays in its oil shipments from Iran during the past few months for a variety of economic and political reasons (payment arrears of over $1bn, the disruption of oil supplies from Kharg, and political differences between the two countries over policies towards Lebanon and...