Konflikten i Syrien

Turkiska styrkor har genomförts hundratals attacker mot IS-mål i Syrien och Irak efter självmordsattacken i Istanbul i tisdags, säger Turkiets premiärminister Ahmet Davutoglu.
– Efter den avskyvärda attacken i Istanbul har våra väpnade styrkor slagit till mot 500 IS-mål, säger han och tillägger att totalt 200 IS-medlemmar har dödats i räderna.

Imports and exports
Syria's crude oil exports are assumed to have ceased, and the country is having difficulties importing refined petroleum products.

In the years leading up to 2011, Syria began importing more refined petroleum products to meet rising domestic demand. In 2010, the country imported an average of 105,000 b/d of refined petroleum products, and exported just 36,000 b/d. At the time, Syria was also exporting more than 150,000 b/d of crude oil, but the country's crude exports are now effectively zero. Following the imposition of sanctions and the advancement of ISIS, Syria has experienced a shortage of crude oil and petroleum products. Iran continues to supply Syria with approximately 60,000 b/d of crude oil, but this level is still insufficient to meet demand...

Syria has never produced sufficient volumes of natural gas to export. Prior to the recent conflict, Syria imported a small amount of natural gas from Egypt to supplement its own domestic production, but production volumes dropped by more than 60% between 2010 and 2011 (from 24.4 Bcf to 8.8 Bcf, according to Cedigaz data) and stopped in 2012. Those imports came via the Arab Gas Pipeline, which started operating in 2008 and sends Egyptian gas into Syria (near Homs) via Jordan.