Syria curbs set to hit oil output

Article reported that the European Union and Turkey increased economic pressure on the regime of Bashar al-Assad with fresh sanctions in late November 2011 that were set to prompt the departure from Syria of foreign oil companies Royal Dutch Shell and Total of France.

The new sanctions would be a significant blow to Syria: Turkey was a major trading partner and by targeting foreign oil companies, the EU could hit Syrian crude production.

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