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“The battles here aren’t over God or [President] Bashar al-Assad. They’re about oil,” said an activist in eastern Deir Ezzor province who asked not to be named. “Donors can turn the money pipeline on or off. But when you control an oil well, the pipeline never gets shutdown.”

 

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