The Syrian war was really started by Assad refusing to let a Turkey-Qatar pipeline be built in Syria. I can't find it, but a few years ago I saw mention that it was proposed to be built by a Ukrainian oil and gas company... either way, a big part of why the Syrian war happened was to reduce dependence on Russian oil and gas in Europe.
The Syrian war was really started by Assad refusing to let a Turkey-Qatar pipeline be built in Syria. I can't find it, but a few years ago I saw mention that it was proposed to be built by a Ukrainian oil and gas company... either way, a big part of why the Syrian war happened was to reduce dependence on Russian oil and gas in Europe.