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Four shipments have been sent in the last 8 months, according to the Wall Street Journal, including a shipment of more than 30,000 tons in May.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his state-owned oil company are sending large shipments of diesel fuel to Syria to power Damascus' tanks and other military vehicles used in the ongoing crackdown on rebels.
The fuel deals have been negotiated between oil company Petroleos de Venezuela and Sytrol, Syria's state oil-marketing firm, which is facing sanctions from the United States and the European Union. Credit: Newsmax
I also understand that the official count of dead in Syria is now standing at around 17,000 killed. Many of these are police.