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Syrian Regime's Oil Links to Daesh WORLD CHESS CHAMPION KASPAROV EXPERTS: RUSSIA’S ECONOMIC POLICIES FOOTBALL: CHINESE CONSORTIUM WEATHER / ANKARA SLAMS PUTIN ON TWITTER ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE BECOMES PARTNER IN MAN CITY ‘Putin blocks Turkish imports and ends visa-free travel. As The economical policies conducted by the Russian govern- English Premier League giants Manchester City announced Wednesday usual, it’s his economic actions that hurt average Russians,’ ment over the recent years are not sustainable and sooner on their website Tuesday that 13 percent of their shares had SNOWY or later protests will begin, according to international ex- Kasparov tweets World famous Russian chess champi- been sold to a Chinese consortium for $400 million. 8 °C on Garry Kasparov has been a Twitter rampage recently perts. Russian State Duma is currently debating the coun- Club chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak was quoted as de- against Russian President Vladimir Putin, including the try’s 2016 federal budget, which was proposed last month. scribing “the exponential growth pathway for the game” in Thurday latter’s decisions concerning Turkey. According to the figures, the share of Russian military ex- China as “both unique and hugely exciting”. PARTLY SNOWY A prominent opposition figure in Russia, Kasparov, 52, has penditure in the 2016 budget is set to increase by 0.8 per- “We have therefore worked hard to find the right partners slammed the Putin administration’s decision to cease food cent, compared to 2015, while some $49 billion is planned and to create the right deal structure to leverage the incred- 8 °C imports from Turkey and...>> WORLD to be used for “National Defense.” >> ECONOMY ible potential that exists in...>>SPORT Thursday December 3, 2015 Syrian regime’s oil links to Daesh UN slams airstrike on President challenges Russian counterpart to resign if claims water-treatment plant in Turkey buys oil from Daesh are not proved N. Syria Airstrike last week has left some 3.5 million to be involved in a life-or-death fight support to the government of Syria and with the group. facilitating Daesh oil sales. Aleppo residents without clean water, On Tuesday, the German government The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets aired its concerns about the Syrian Control named George Haswani, according to UN children’s fund government’s oil deals with Daesh. a Syrian-Russian businessman, as Responding to a question about a middleman for oil deals between The United Nations children’s Russian President Vladimir Putin’s the Syrian regime and Daesh. His fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday claim that Turkey buys oil from company HESCO Engineering and condemned an airstrike on Daesh, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Construction was also subjected to a water-treatment plant last Sawsan Chebli said Germany had no sanctions. week that has left some 3.5 evidence of such trade. The U.S. said Haswani was “materially million residents of the Syrian “But what we know, for example, is assisting and acting for or on behalf of city of Aleppo without access that the Assad regime has received the government of Syria” and described to clean water. The regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad barrels a day in early 2011 to around large amounts of oil from ISIL,” she HESCO as a “Syrian engineering and Although the plant has since is buying oil from Daesh to fulfill its 10,000 barrels as of last year, according said, using an alternative acronym for construction company that operates begun operating again, energy needs as the war approaches its to the Syrian Oil Ministry. the terrorist group. “We have evidence. energy production facilities in Syria, UNICEF has warned that Although the source of last of drinking water daily -- has fifth anniversary, according to author- During that time, many of the coun- We have indications showing that this reportedly in areas controlled by some 1.4 million people in Thursday’s airstrike remains left the Euphrates River as the ities including the U.S. and German try’s most productive regions have is the case.” Daesh.” Aleppo continue to face fre- unclear, Russia -- a close ally only source of drinking water governments. fallen into the hands of Daesh -- pro- Adding to the evidence of an Assad- In March, Haswani was added to the quent water supply interrup- of the regime of Syrian Pres- for some four million people Since civil war erupted in Syria more viding the terrorists with their most Daesh oil link was last week’s deci- EU’s sanctions list, when he denied tions. ident Bashar al-Assad -- has across Aleppo province. than four-and-a-half years ago, oil valuable source of income. sion by the U.S. Treasury to impose trading in Daesh oil for the Syrian “In Syria, the rules of war -- been carrying out an extensive UNICEF has urged all parties production in the country has slumped Much of this oil is being sold to Assad’s sanctions on four individuals and six government. including those meant to pro- air campaign in northern Syr- of the Syria conflict to refrain dramatically, from around 385,000 regime, despite the government’s claim businesses that it accused of providing >MORE DETAILS tect vital civilian infrastruc- ia since Sept. 30. from targeting civilian infra- ture -- continue to be broken According to Singer, dam- structure -- including water on a daily basis,” Hanaa Sing- age sustained by the plant -- facilities -- in line with inter- er, UNICEF’s representative which before the airstrike had national humanitarian law. Daesh-Assad middleman works in Syria, said. treated some 18 million liters >MORE DETAILS for Russian firm Russian deputy slams George Haswani is accused of selling Daesh oil to the Assad regmine; Haswani also works for a subcontractor for Russia’s Stroytransgaz discrimination against Turks “George Haswani is a prominent subcontractor contract from Russian Dmitry Gudkov criticizes treatment of Turkish Syrian businessman, co-owner company Stroytransgaz. of HESCO Engineering and Clear proof nationals in Russia of Turkish citizens in Russia Deputy Dmitry Gudkov also Construction Company, a major engi- The spokeswoman for the European following the downing of a likened the treatment of Turk- neering and construction company in External Action Service told Anadolu Russian aircraft that violated ish nationals with discrimina- Syria. He has close ties to the Syrian Agency that 13 businessmen and com- Turkey’s airspace. tive Nazi practices by saying, regime. George Haswani provides panies are involved in ‘monkey busi- “[Turkish nationals] are not “What is happening in Russia support and benefits from the regime ness’ in the region, and the EU has proof. allowed in Russia. They are and promoted in Russian tele- through his role as a middleman in Commenting on Daesh’s oil trade as a being forced to wait at air- visions is this exactly. Did our deals for the purchase of oil from ISIL source of finance for the terrorists, she A deputy from the Russian ports for hours and then sent grandfathers fight for this?” by the Syrian regime. said that restrictive precautions will be parliament has criticized back. Tell me. Did Turkish Stating that Russian citizens He also benefits from the regime taken based on a careful examination measures in Russia against students down the plane? Did abroad did not face discrimi- A Syrian businessman accused of sell- businessman, a middleman between through favorable treatment including of the findings. Turkish citizens. Turkish constructors kill the pilot.” nation because of the annex- ing Daesh oil to the Assad regime Daesh and the Assad regime, is also the award of a contract (as a subcon- According to a report published by Dmitry Gudkov, MP from Gudkov further described ation of Crimea, civil war in” works as a subcontractor for a Russian working as a subcontractor of a leading tractor) with Stroytransgaz, a major David Butter, Chatham House asso- the party A Just Russia, crit- mistaking a country’s leadership firm, according to the Nabila Massrali, Russian energy company. Russian oil company,” the decision said. ciate fellow, in June 2015, George >MORE DETAILS icized Monday the treatment with its citizens as a “big mistake”. spokeswoman for the European The council published a decision on According to the council, Haswani is Haswani used to work for HESCO External Action Service, the diplomatic March 7, 2015, which said that there one of the businessmen close to Assad Engineering & Construction, which service of the European Union said. are a number of companies working regime, and he is alleged to facilitate was a subcontractor of the Russian Russia faces A separate publication by the European as subcontractors with Daesh and the the oil trade between Daesh and the company Stroytransgaz. 185 refugee children die Council also alleged that the Syrian Assad regime. regime, as well as working under a >MORE DETAILS increasing in Aegean Sea in 2015 economic Russia, Turkey FMs Turkey, Qatar sign MoE About 30 percent of refugees who problems died in the Aegean Sea in 2015 were under Putin may meet amid for long term LNG trade children, says UNICEF Overall, UNICEF says five downed plane row BOTAS, Qatar’s national oil com- percent of the fatalities in the Eastern Mediterranean were Lavrov says he would not hesitate to meet pany sign memorandum of under- under the age of two. Turkish counterpart during OSCE summit standing for long term liquified Most of the refugee children who have died this year are in Belgrade natural gas trade on Wednesday from Syria, Afghanistan and countries would not be as they were in the Iraq, and were under the age of The amount of LNG to be traded is The Kremlin’s recent economic past following the incident. Some 185 refugee children 12, according to UNICEF.
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