Russia remains Syria’s top oil supplier and has even boosted its sales so far this year despite the fact that the Middle Eastern country emerged from a 14-year-long civil war leaning West and deposing Russia-backed leader Bashar al-Assad. Syria’s imports of oil from Russia have jumped by about 75% so far this year compared to the estimated 2025 average, according to Reuters calculations and vessel-monitoring data. Last year, Russia delivered a total of 16.8 million barrels of oil to Syria, equal to about 46,000 bpd, one of the Syrian…