APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from March 2003

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from March 2003

SYRIA - The Non-OPEC Countries - Part 3.(Brief Article)
March 31, 2003... The decision making structure in Syria, as in much of the Middle East, is currently focused on the US military operation for regime change in Iraq. The degree of success of failure of that operation will have a major impact on the countries...

SYRIA - Profile - Bashar Al Assad: While keeping an eye on developments in the hydrocarbon sector, which is of growing importance for Syria, Bashar does not get involved in the details.
March 31, 2003... SYRIA - Profile - Bashar Al Assad: While keeping an eye on developments in the hydrocarbon sector, which is of growing importance for Syria, Bashar does not get involved in the details. Trained as an opthalmologist, he has little experience of...

SYRIA - Profile - Mohammed Mustafa Miro.
March 31, 2003... Prime Minister since March 13, 2000, Miro took over from Mahmoud Al Zohbi. Miro was retained in December 2001 to head a new cabinet in which a bigger number of technocrats than the previous one including some conservative figures who were not...

SYRIA - Profile - Dr. Daud Heido.(Brief Article)
March 31, 2003... The Chairman of the Petroleum Marketing Committee since late 1986, Dr. Heido is a Christian from the Syriac Orthodox denomination. In his 60s, he comes from the Al Jazira area near Deir Ez Zor. He also heads Sytrol. Dr. Heido studied in...

SYRIA - Profile - Dr. Ibrahim Haddad.
March 31, 2003... Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources since Dec. 13, 2001, Haddad has had little or no experience in this sector. Until he was given this portfolio, he used to be the director of Syria's Atomic Energy Organisation. He was also Syria's...