Newspaper .. reveals the decision of Russia to divide Syria

ARK News: Russian newspaper "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" linked the Moscow takeover of the port of Tartous and the fuel crisis witnessed by the Assad regime, considering that this step comes within the framework of turning it into a Russian oil center through which the Assad regime is supplied with fuel instead of Iran, and that means accepting Russia to divide Syria.

The newspaper said in a report entitled "The military base in Tartous will become an oil center Russia" The United States and Israel are playing on the tendon of Moscow's desire to distance Iran from the Mediterranean coast, and its practical recognition of the division of Syria.

It quoted from a military expert "Vladimir Popov" saying: "Of course, Russia, which stopped oil exports to Ukraine, able to meet the needs of the Syrian industry of oil, "however, the long-term lease of Tartous port indicates that oil refineries controlled by the Assad regime may never receive Syrian oil produced in the occupied territories for too long."

"Through this move, Russia unambiguously agrees to partition the country, where East Euphrates will be subject to all of Syria's oil-producing infrastructure for the US-led coalition," he said.

According to the newspaper, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, "Borisov” considered that "the main oil fields are now out of reach of the Syrian regime" (referring to the fields located east of the Euphrates), considering that this is the main motive for the rental of Russia Tartous Port.

According to the report: “The results of the visit by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov to Damascus indicate that Syria will soon be supplied with oil mainly by Russia, not by Iran”.

According to the newspaper that after the meeting between US President Donald Trump and the Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi on April 9, and according to Western media, Cairo secretly blocked the passage of Iranian oil tankers through the Suez Canal, as a result, a gasoline crisis broke out in Syria, which apparently led to Borisov's sudden visit to Damascus. "

"The Newspaper added: As it turned out, through the meeting of Russian Deputy Prime Minister with Bashar al-Assad, Moscow and Damascus agreed that the entire Syrian port of Tartous, not just the naval technical service base, will be transferred to Russia for 49 years for transport and economic use."

It is worth mentioning that Iran has recently captured a small port on the Syrian coast before Russia took a similar step, but the latter seized the most important port in Tartous.

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