Middle East

The Olive Oil in Your Local Store May Be Funding Syrian Warlords

BLOOD OLIVES

There’s a loophole in U.S. sanctions that allows violent militia groups to transport olives stolen in Syria to be processed in Turkey and then exported to U.S. stores.

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