One of the most decisive elements of the power struggle of the main rivals in Syria and Libya is mainly the control of energy resources.
In Syria, about three-quarters of the country's natural resources are under US and YPG control.
The vast majority of these resources are sold through various trade networks located in the country. It is known that my YPG members carry oil to the Assad forces in Israel, many different customers through Israel.
Recently, it has begun to reveal that there are other factors that are very interested in Syria's oil and gas reserves.
According to Novayagazete and some other Russian news agencies, Russia's private military company Wagner not only took over some oil and gas fields, but also started exploration activities, reports Turkish media, which is blaming Russia, as disturbed by the presence of the Wagner team in the region.
Given Wagner's growing effectiveness in Libya, the nature of this development is growing even more.
On December 16, 2019, the Syrian parliament passed a number of laws to agree to the development of three pieces of natural gas and oil with two Russian companies. Behind the so-called owners and presidents of these companies is Concord Management, Russia's Evgeny Prigozhin.
Interventions cover at least 12 thousand square kilometers. The amount of gas reserves projected to be discovered corresponds to three-quarters of the total estimated stocks of 250 billion cubic meters.
According to Novayagazeta, these companies are only part of the many companies involved in the Syrian business in this context.
In Libya, the Russian company Tatneft has entered into a contract with Libyan AGESCO to conduct a seismic survey at 4/82 in Ghadames Basin to complete the seismic research program postponed in 2014.
But Moscow has recently sent mercenary troops to Libya to support General Khalifa Haftar's forces in the east of the country. A move that could prove problematic for Turkey, which backs the government based in the capital Tripoli.
Kerim Has, a professor of Russian and Turkish history based in Moscow, predicts that Moscow's support for Haftar "will continue and expand". "Deeper struggle for new energy reserves amid security concerns in the region and the catastrophic experience of Syria has pushed Russia to play strongly in Libya, "he said.
"But this will certainly affect Turkey-Russia relations, as the Erdogan government opposes not only leaders in the region, such as Syria, Egypt, Israel and Greece, but also Haftar, who is the main partner. of Russia to Libya ".
"Turkey seems to be particularly endangering its interests in Libya and the eastern Mediterranean region, as it had done in Syria before. The November agreement between Turkey and Sharjah, affecting Greece and Cyprus, ignoring their territorial waters has has already caused tensions in Turkish-Russian relations.
"Although Russia has enormous security, energy and trade interests with Turkey, the Libyan issue is emerging as a new potential obstacle to Moscow-Ankara relations." It is not just a possibility but it is in fact transformed that Turkey and Russia are again appearing on opposite sides of a civil war in Libya unless they can manage the tensions, "he said.
Wagner's Russian mercenaries, both in Libya and in Syria, were there to safeguard Russian interests primarily in hydrocarbon deposits, which is why Russian President Putin himself went to Berlin a few days ago for Libya, because it is very simple. many.
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