Sources: Moscow got gas deal in exchange for Syrian airstrikes

(Wikimedia) HAIFA, Israel – In exchange for Russia’s military intervention in Syria, embattled President Bashar al-Assad acquiesced to Moscow’s further exclusive exploration of gas fields off the Syrian coast, according to informed Middle Eastern defense sources speaking to WND. The silent agreement, the sources say, extends beyond the multi-million-dollar deal Syria signed in 2013 with Russian…