A Free Syrian Army fighter carries his weapon as he peeks out from a damaged shop in the old city of Aleppo November 29, 2013. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo
LONDON (Reuters) - The Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad has received substantial imports of Iraqi crude oil from an Egyptian port in the last nine months, shipping and payments documents show, part of an under-the-radar trade that has kept his military running despite Western sanctions.
Assad's government has been blacklisted by Western powers for its role in the two-and-a-half year civil war, forcing Damascus to rely on strategic ally Iran - itself the target of Western sanctions over its nuclear programme - as its main supplier of crude oil.
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