Every month we review how much crude oil both Syria and Israel have imported. Both countries resort to similar methods of cloaking their imports by coordinating with vessel operators to switch off their AIS transponders when bringing in crude oil.

Turbulent times for Syria due to cooking/heating gas and fuel shortage. Let's have a look at how much crude oil they imported during February 2019. We also examine Israel's key storage site in Ashkelon.

We apologize for the delay of this imports report, but it was due to a single vessel which we spent a week collecting evidence on whether or not she delivered anything to....

December was a slow, but exciting and eyebrow-raising month as we have made several interesting observations in the geopolitical landscape.

Something really odd happened in the east Mediterranean Sea during November. Drastic changes to the amounts delivered into Syria and Israel, along with unexepected vessels. Let's take a closer look.

Crude oil imports into Syria and Israel are looking very interesting during October given the amounts and new sources. ALL of the imports were done in a clandestine fashion.

For the month of September, there was .... tanker(s) that arrived to Syria from Kharg Island, Iran. As usual, the import of these barrels were carried out in a clandestine manner.

Imports were done in a clandestine manner, but not just on import, but also on export out of Iran. They're switching off their AIS transponders on both ends, which is new, but likely tied in with the coming US sanctions.