What Now for Syrian Oil?

The EU has suspended a handful of sanctions against Syria, including those related to energy, banking and reconstruction, and the oil is now flowing again from Kurdish-controlled regions in the northeast. Last weekend, Kurdish-led authorities started shipping oil from fields they control in the northeast to the new central government in Damascus, marking a fairly significant move towards reconciliation, and potentially, stability post-Assad. At the same time, earlier this week, Syria’s new oil minister called on foreign oil companies to return…