Israel may allow Iran to pump oil to Syria

Israel may agree to allow Iran to supply oil to Syria as part of a transaction under the auspices of the United States, on the eve of the resumption of negotiations on the resuming of a nuclear agreement between Tehran and the world powers, reports The Times of Israel.

, according to the unconfirmed message of the Israeli 12th channel on Sunday, three tankers are already heading from Iran to Syria. The report notes that the ships previously transported weapons from Iran to Syria and for the Lebanese Hezbollah. The permission to transfer oil was part of the weakening of sanctions in anticipation of the expected resumption of negotiations of negotiations under a nuclear transaction, the newspaper writes.

It is noted that if Israel agrees to the transfer of oil, then this will happen subject to full supervision by the United States and transparency from Iran to guarantee that this mechanism will not be used to transfer weapons. Israel admitted that over the past decade he made hundreds of sorties over Syria, mainly in order to prevent Iran’s attempts from transferring weapons or gain a foothold in the territories bordering Israel.