Syria resumes oil extraction at fields regained from SDF


By Ji Ze

DAMASCUS, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Syria has resumed extracting oil at fields in the country's northeast that were recently recaptured from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the state news agency SANA reported Saturday.

According to the report, an official with the Syrian Petroleum Company said the crude oil would be transported to refineries in Homs and Baniyas, located in Syria's central Homs province and northwestern Tartus province, respectively.

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