Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Syria Update.

Iran has agreed to supply Damascus with $3.6bn in oil in exchange for the right to invest in the country, Syria's state news agency SANA said on Tuesday.
"An agreement was signed on Monday in Tehran... by the Iranian and Syrian central banks, granting Syria a credit line worth $3.6bn," it reported. The deal stipulates that Syria will pay back the cost of the oil loan "through Iranian investments of various kinds in Syria", said SANA.
[SANA]
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Syrian army retakes another district of Homs says state television after taking most of the Khaldieh neighbourhood in recent days.
Syrian state television showed pictures of Homs on Tuesday saying that that the government army had regained control of the Al Matahen district of the devastated city. The Syrian army made gains in the Khaldieh after launching an offensive in the area on July 27. Rebels had held Khaldieh for more than a year.
[Syria State Television]

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