Jumblatt asks after the pipeline fire: Will oil be pumped from the northern refinery into Syria? – (Cheep)



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Beirut – “Al-Quds Al-Arabi”: Days after the sudden fire in the pipeline, which has been stagnant for years between Iraq, passing through Syria and reaching the Tripoli Refinery in northern Lebanon, Walid Jumblatt, chairman of the Progressive Socialist Party, wrote on his Twitter account that hinted at an oil smuggling operation through this pipeline, where he asked: Is it true that the pipeline explosion in Al-Abdah was due to the fact that some people were pumping oil from the northern refinery into Syria? Have we reached this volume of contraband? Do oil traders bring in illegal ships to smuggle subsidized oil?

It is well known that land crossings on the borders between Lebanon and Syria, especially from the Hermel and Baalbek sides, witness the smuggling of diesel and gasoline tanks supported by the Banque du Liban into Syrian territory to sell at double the price. and fuel the Syrian market.



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