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Syria hands over its largest port to Russia


June 13, 2019

DAMASCUS: Syria’s parliament on Wednesday ratified a bill handing management of the country’s largest port to a Russian firm for 49 years, state media said. A deal between Damascus and the Russian company Stroytransgaz for the management, expansion and operation of Tartus port was first signed in late April. It is one of many lucrative contracts between Damas­cus and Moscow, …

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