OAPEC

Syria Challenges OAPEC Tribunal's Authority to Adjudicate Iraqi-Syrian Pipeline Dispute 

Dr. Ghazi al-Drubi, the Syrian Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources, has challenged the authority and qualification of the OAPEC Judicial Tribunal to adjudicate the Iraqi- Syrian pipeline dispute. Reacting to the Tribunal's 7 January decision that it is qualified to hear the case submitted by Iraq, the Syrian official told the Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas (20 January) that the Tribunal...