Competing Gas Pipelines Are Fueling The Syrian War & Migrant Crisis(Inside the ar)

Zero hedge ^ | September 10, 2015 | Tyler Durden

[lbryce]

Don’t let anyone fool you: As we have detailed since 2013, sectarian strife in Syria has been engineered to provide cover for a war for access to oil and gas, and the power and money that come along with it.

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect recent Wikileaks revelations of US State Department leaks that show plans to destabilize Syria and overthrow the Syrian government as early as 2006. The leaks reveal that these plans were given to the US directly from the Israeli government and would be formalized through instigating civil strife and sectarianism through partnership with nations like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar and even Egypt to break down the power structue in Syria to essentially to weaken Iran and Hezbolla. The leaks also reveal Israeli plans to use this crisis to expand it’s occupation of the Golan Heights for additional oil exploration and military expansion.

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Images of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy who washed up dead on Mediterranean shores in his family’s attempt to flee war-torn Syria, have grabbed the attention of people around the world, sparking outrage about the true costs of war.

The heart-wrenching refugee crisis unfolding across the Middle East and at European borders has ignited a much needed conversation on the ongoing strife and instability that’s driving people from their homes in countries like Syria, Libya and Iraq. It’s brought international attention to the inhumane treatment these refugees are receiving if — and it is a major “if” — they arrive at Europe’s door.

In Syria, for example, foreign powers have sunk the nation into a nightmare combination of civil war, foreign invasion and terrorism.

[lbryce]

Don't be kidding yourself. The chaos and upheaval is not as far away as you might think. And it doesn't seem to be ameliorating despite THREE, I said, THREE phone calls from Obama to Putin (The Fourth is the charm)

[GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco]

Oh fer Pete’s sake. The Joos again?

And still talking about the drowned boy fleeing violence in Syria when the family was already in Turkey?

Pu-lease

[tcrlaf]

The Saudi pipeline through Syria kicked off the civil war in Syria, which led directly to the Ukraine Civil War as the Obamunists tried to complicate things for the Russians, and get them to abandon Syria.

While I should ask “What’s next” from the incompetent ideologues in the White House, the real question I have to ask is will they ever be held accountable?

[faithhopecharity]

the pipeline issue is valid, blaming the American/Saudi/Iranian/Iraqi/ISIS/Hezbellah/Russian fighting on “those damned Jooooos down in Jerusalem” again....
is simply sicko.

Jerusalem has had the capability of ‘moving its presence’ into Syria ... at any time it may have desired. It never would have needed a big fight going on in Syria, especially when that fight involves the forward movement of Iranian and Russian forces adverse to Israel.

That part of the article is pure bunk. Propaganda covering up the USA/Saudi/”ISIS” conspiracy to overthrow the Syrian government. The same sort of aggressive warfare “game” Obama played against Libya and Egypt etc and etc.

[Java4Jay]

ping

[thackney]

According to press reports, Syria is not currently importing natural gas from Egypt via the Arab Gas Pipeline.

http://www.eia.gov/beta/international/analysis.cfm?iso=SYR

Syria has never produced sufficient volumes of natural gas to export. Prior to the recent conflict, Syria imported a small amount of natural gas from Egypt to supplement its own domestic production, but production volumes dropped by more than 60% between 2010 and 2011 (from 24.4 Bcf to 8.8 Bcf, according to Cedigaz data) and stopped in 2012. Those imports came via the Arab Gas Pipeline, which started operating in 2008 and sends Egyptian gas into Syria (near Homs) via Jordan. There were plans to expand the pipeline into Turkey, Lebanon, and eventually to Europe, but developments are now unlikely.

[thackney]

The Saudi pipeline through Syria kicked off the civil war in Syria,

Which pipeline is that?

[CitizenBob]

The former USSR had a saltwater port open year round for the USSR Navy in the Ukraine on the Black Sea. However, they lost it in the USSR breakup when Ukraine became “independent”. Ukraine allowed Russia to take control of all the Naval ships in the Ukraine as a result of a treaty (now referred to by the Obama administration as a “Deal”) in which the USA agreed to protect the Ukraine. As Obama told Putin on a live mike - I will have more freedom to operate when I win reelection. Well, Obama won reelection (the Constitution and US citizens lost again) and Putin has now regained control of his freshwater port open year round without interference...

[tcrlaf]

The Qatar-Turkey Natural gas pipeline

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar-Turkey_pipeline

[thackney]

Thanks, Qatar, not Saudi

[tcrlaf]

It was to go through Saudi, picking up the new gas facilities thee, as well.

[thackney]

I saw discussion of Saudi might tie into it, but never saw a decision. Qatar has the gas to completely fill the line capacity.

Currently Saudi Arabia does not produce enough gas to export beyond their consumption. And they are greatly adding to their planned consumption with massive Petro Chemical plant expansions in Jubail .