Smuggling Gasoline into Syria

Syrian smugglers walk for four hours from Iraq to Syria. Due to the recent conflict in Syria there is a gasoline shortage in the country. Syrian smugglers purchase gasoline in Iraq take it to Syria for a profit of about $US0.40 per litre. Smugglers carry between 10-30 litres per person on the seven-hour roundtrip, which often takes them through frozen mud and snow.