Syria and Turkey have reached a deal to supply Syria with six million cubic meters of natural gas per day, Syrian Energy Minister Mohammad al-Bachir announced Friday.
The gas will be delivered via the Kilis-Aleppo pipeline in northern Syria, according to a statement carried by state news agency SANA © Mena Today
Syria and Turkey have reached a deal to supply Syria with six million cubic meters of natural gas per day, Syrian Energy Minister Mohammad al-Bachir announced Friday.
The gas will be delivered via the Kilis-Aleppo pipeline in northern Syria, according to a statement carried by state news agency SANA.
The agreement with Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar aims to alleviate Syria’s severe electricity shortages, where blackouts can last over 20 hours daily due to infrastructure destroyed by 14 years of civil war.
“This will increase electricity supply and ease the energy crisis,” said al-Bachir. The gas will power the Aleppo natural gas power plant and deliveries are expected to begin within three months.
This follows a March pledge by Qatar to finance gas deliveries from Jordan to Syria, also targeting the country’s struggling energy sector.
Both Turkey and Qatar, key allies of Syria’s new Islamist-led transitional government following the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December, were among the first to restore diplomatic missions in Damascus and are urging the lifting of international sanctions.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow is deeply concerned by what he said was ethnic cleansing being carried out by "radical militant groups" in Syria.
Syria's leadership approved the handover of the belongings of long-dead spy Eli Cohen to Israel in a bid to ease Israeli hostility and show goodwill to U.S. President Donald Trump, three sources told Reuters.
Syria and Jordan took a major step toward deepening bilateral cooperation on Tuesday with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to formally establish and activate the Higher Coordination Council, a strategic body aimed at advancing joint interests in energy, water, and regional development.
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