Battleground Syria: Saudi Arabia and Turkey Seeking to ‘Spark New Oil War’

• Battleground Syria: Saudi Arabia and Turkey Seeking to ‘Spark New Oil War’
  by http://sputniknews.com/  
  King Salman and Turkish President Erdogan are about to spark a new war for control over Middle Eastern oil but the plan, which was in fact devised by Washington, will ultimately backfire, F. William Engdahl asserted.
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  Riyadh, assisted by Qatar and Turkey, is striving to bring oil fields and pipeline routes in Iraq and neighboring Syria “under direct Saudi control,” the expert on oil politics noted.
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  “Unfortunately, as in all wars, there will be no winners,” Engdahl wrote in an opinion piece for New Eastern Outlook. He also named the EU, the Iraqis, Syrians and Kurds as the main losers.
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  The historian named four key groupings, which will be involved in the upcoming conflict. Sunnis, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Daesh and the recently formed Saudi-led anti-terrorist coalition, make up the first group. The second one consists of Syria, Iran, Iraq and Hezbollah, with Russia also being a factor. The analyst named Israel as the third player.
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  Engdahl maintains that the fourth group, led by the United States, is “playing the most sly, deceptive role” at the moment.
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  “Washington is preparing a devastating trap that will catch the foolish Saudis and their Turkish and other Wahhabi allies in a devastating defeat in Syria and Iraq that will no doubt then be proclaimed as a ‘victory over terrorism’ and a ‘victory for the Syrian people,'” the historian assumed.
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  Daesh, according to Engdahl, is instrumental to the Saudi plan. The oil kingdom wants the group to perform “ethnic cleansing of the legitimate Syrian populations” living in oil-rich regions so that it would then be able to transport fuel from Qatar and Saudi Arabia to Turkey through Syria.
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