Russian Wheat Exports to Syria Suspended Amid Uncertainty
MOSCOW/DUBAI (Reuters) - Russian wheat supplies to Syria have been suspended over uncertainty about the new government and payment delays, Russian and Syrian sources said on Friday.
Shipping data showed two vessels carrying Russia wheat intended for Syria had not reached their destinations.
Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, was a key supporter of Bashar al-Assad and supplied wheat to Syria through complex financial and logistical arrangements, circumventing Western sanctions imposed on both Syria and Russia.
(Reporting by Olga Popova, Gleb Stolyarov and Gleb Bryanski in Moscow, Jonathan Saul in London, and Maha El Dahan in Dubai; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)