Putin Faces Syria Money Crunch After U.S. Keeps Control of Oil
(Bloomberg) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing an unwelcome new fiscal challenge in Syria after the U.S. pullback enabled his ally Bashar al-Assad to reclaim the biggest chunk of land in the country still outside his command. The U.S. choice to keep forces in northeastern Syria to protect oil fields denies Assad access to…
News story posted on 2019-10-30T04:47:00.0000000Z
