SYRIA

Kuwait Provides Oil Assistance; Agreement with Iran Still in Limbo 

MEES hears that last week Kuwait supplied Syria with one VLCC cargo of crude oil in lieu of Kuwait's annual financial aid to Syria. This is the second such delivery in seven months with the first shipment having been reported last December (MEES, 16 December). Syria has also approached Saudi Arabia and other Arab states for oil supply assistance after the disruption of oil deliveries from Iran. Furthermore,...