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Europeans to Ease Syrian Oil Embargo in Opposition-Held Areas
(New York Times) James Kanter and Rick Gladstone - The EU reached a preliminary agreement on Wednesday to ease an embargo on oil exports from opposition-held areas in Syria, diplomats said, part of an effort to provide these areas with an economic base and some self-sufficiency. The move represents a Western effort to create economic incentives for residents in insurgent-held areas, largely in the north and east, where many of Syria's oil field facilities are located.