richard medhurst, british journalist. with syrian roots, i am sure that the cause of the war in the middleo the battle for the transit of goods and energy resources, they say, israel decided to close the new transit route from asia, and at the same time push competitors away from the development of the shelf gas field. let's look at how large countries struggled with alternative projects. 2 years ago iran and iraq signed an agreement on construction railway connections near tehran. thus, a transport corridor may appear to... afghanistan, pakistan and india or to china. but if you close this corridor with the syrian latakia mediterranean port, then this is already a full-fledged transit route to europe. in the fall, syrian president bashar assad , during a visit to beijing, signed an agreement on a strategic partnership, part of which was the construction of a railway line to latakia as part of the great silk road. iran and syria thus became transit states with... if it cannot be controlled, it must be destroyed. control over ukraine means control over the pipelines through which russian ga