Syria’s oil and gas fields, largely under YPG control in the east, could fund reconstruction and reshape the country’s regional standing — but only if Damascus, Washington, and Ankara can settle who controls them.
Professor Brenda Shaffer’s Atlantic Council issue brief lays out Syria’s energy potential after Assad: the prospects for restoring oil and electricity output, the roles Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia are already stepping into, and how Syria could eventually become a transit route for Israeli and Egyptian gas heading to Turkey and Europe.
She closes with four recommendations for Washington, from unlocking World Bank financing to working with Ankara on regional energy integration.
