{"id":58169,"date":"2021-03-28T10:20:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T14:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=58169"},"modified":"2021-03-28T10:20:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T14:20:07","slug":"syria-forced-to-ration-all-petroleum-fuel-during-suez-blockage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=58169","title":{"rendered":"Syria Forced To Ration All Petroleum Fuel During Suez Blockage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Syria ‘rationing’ fuel as Suez Canal jam persists<\/h1>\n

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The container ship, the Ever Given, is seen from a village near the Suez Canal on March 28, 2021 in Suez, Egypt [Mahmoud Khaled\/Getty Images]<\/p><\/div>Middle East Monitor<\/p>\n

The Syrian regime is ‘rationing’ fuel as shipments are delayed due to the blockage of Egypt’s Suez,\u00a0The New Arab\u00a0<\/i>reported.<\/p>\n

The large container ship\u00a0Ever Given<\/i>\u00a0has been jammed diagonally between across the Suez Canal since Tuesday, blocking off both lanes of traffic, and throwing around 12% of world trade into chaos.<\/p>\n

This incident has caused delays to imports of oil to Syria, with the country still waiting on a shipment due to arrive last Friday.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Syria’s oil ministry said on Saturday that the blockage”has impacted oil imports to Syria and slowed arrival of a ship carrying fuel and oil products” from government ally Iran”.<\/p>\n

It continued: “The ministry is rationing the distribution of available oil products” to assure the continuity of essential services, such as bakeries and hospitals.”<\/p>\n

According to Syria’s oil minister Bassam Tomeh, the shipment of oil may well be redirected to reroute around the Cape of Good Hope to reach its destination; a far long and more expensive route that other commercial ships have opted for rather than waiting for the ship\u00a0Ever Given<\/i>\u00a0to be freed.<\/p>\n

The Suez Canal was completed in 1869 in a joint French-British project under the Suez Canal Company despite protestations and opposition from the British state at the time.<\/p>\n

President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalised the vital trade route in 1956, and it is now controlled by the Suez Canal Authority of Egypt.<\/p>\n

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