Syrian Reconstruction in a Changing Regional Context: Challenges and Opportunities

... territories 8 . The rest of the oil is produced in the Kurdish AASIS (Autonomous Administration of Northeast Syria) zone. After the USA, occupying this zone, imposed a de facto embargo on oil supplies from there for Damascus, there is a severe shortage of fuel ... ... May 2023, a decision was taken to renew Syria’s membership in the LAS, which had been suspended since the outbreak of the civil war in 2011. This was followed by a series of steps towards normalization with Saudi Arabia. These include the opening of ...