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On May 26, 2013, a group of men smuggle diesel fuel from Syria to Turkey cross the Al-Assi River in Darkush town, Idlib countryside, hoping to sell it at a higher price. (REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 23, 2013 | Business
Kuşaklı, Turkey, Reuters—Each night, a stream of beaten-up cars and trucks weighed down with blue jerrycans rumbles along the muddy lane, ferrying fuel smuggled into Turkey from over the border in Syria. The thousands of liters of diesel that make their way by cover...