Two tankers, one carrying 100,000 metric tons of crude oil and another carrying 5,600 tons of gasoline have arrived at the Syrian port city of Baniyas, Syrian state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday.

Syria is suffering from severe power shortages, with state-supplied electricity available for only two or three hours a day in most areas. Damage to the electricity grid means that generating or supplying more power is only part of the problem.

Damascus used to receive the bulk of its oil for power generation from Iran, but supplies have been cut off since opposition forces toppled Tehran-allied former president Bashar al-Assad in December.

The interim government has pledged to quickly ramp up power supply, partly by importing electricity from Jordan and using floating power barges that have yet to arrive.

The state news agency did not say from where the tonnage came.
Source: Reuters