Syria hit by sanctions, ministry defection

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Dubai—If it were not for Syria’s anti-government uprising and the brutal effortsof President Bashar al-Assad to repress it,most of the world would not have heard ofSyrian crude.But on March 7, marking the first anni-versary of the revolution, the US HouseForeign Affairs Committee unanimouslyapproved bipartisan legislation to imposefurther sanctions against Syria, targeting thecountry’s oil sector.