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Posted on December 13, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
Russian wheat exports to Syria are halted due to new government uncertainty and payment delays, impacting trade relations.
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)
The suspension of Russian grain exports to Syria due to uncertainty about Syria's new government and payment delays.
Exports are suspended due to uncertainty about the new Syrian government and delays in payments.
The suspension could strain trade relations, especially as Russia has been a key supporter of Syria.
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