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Europe plans to buy oil from Syrian opposition

European diplomatic sources said in Brussels where the headquarters of the European Union, that the Union intends to lift the oil embargo imposed on Syria in part to assist the opposition in control of oil fields in the country.

It is expected that EU Foreign Ministers acknowledged the partial lifting on Monday, which would allow a resumption of oil extraction in the areas controlled by the rebels.

It is expected that the EU Ministers also agreed to lift the ban on the sale of oil equipment to the Syrian opposition and invest in the oil sector. Will impose conditions to ensure that any commercial transactions with the supporters of President Bashar Assad’s regime.

Since September 2011 prohibited investments in the oil sector, starting from December of the same year ban on the export of equipment for the oil and gas industry.

Deir ez-Zor Governorate include Syria major Eastern oil regions in the country. The FSA was dominated last November rose in the province field, before the field is dominated by the two old and restore jufra then forces the system.

In December, the rebels took control of the Syrians on the Tin field in Deir ez-Zor.

The latest US data indicated that Syria’s oil production has reached 153 thousand barrels a day in October 2012, down 60% from the level in March 2011.