LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Iran is poised to offer the Syrian authorities a short-term food lifeline with vital grains purchases as Western sanctions and mounting violence deter trade houses from doing deals with Damascus, international traders say.
Both are targets of Western sanctions that, while not intended to disrupt food imports, have hurt shipments of all kinds by complicating financial transactions. Richer and more practised in the ways of sidestepping such embargoes, Iran seems set to help its struggling ally, though its own means are limited.
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