Russia has sent a direct diesel shipment to Syria for the first time in over ten years, despite heavy US sanctions aimed at restricting its oil exports.
The shipment was transported by the tanker Prosperity, flying the Barbados flag, sanctioned by the US in January.
According to shipping data from LSEG, the vessel, previously known as NS Pride, was loaded with approximately 37,000 metric tons of ultra-low sulfur diesel at Russia’s Baltic port of Primorsk on...