Ukraine says Syrian ship docks in Lebanon with stolen grain

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Syrian cargo ship, sanctioned by the United States and carrying what Ukraine says is stolen barley from the war-torn country, has docked
in Lebanon, the Ukrainian diplomatic mission in the Mideast nation said Thursday.According to the Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut, the cargo
vessel Laodicea docked in the port of Tripoli, Lebanon&s second-largest city, AP reported
It was carrying 5,000 tons of flour and 5,000 tons of barley, the embassy said.The United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned the
Laodicea in 2015 for its affiliation with the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad.Ukraine has accused Russia of plundering grain and
steel from its territory since Moscow invaded the country in late February
The embassy in Beirut did not elaborate or say how the barley was purportedly stolen from Ukraine.It was unknown why it had rerouted to
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