The Israeli army has been striking Iranian oil tankers and other vessels, bound for Syria, for months, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing U.S. and Middle Eastern officials. The motivation for the attacks has been that oil profits help fund extremism in the Middle East, according to the report. Iran has been a regular supplier of oil to Syria amid sanctions against both countries from the U.S. in Iran’s case, and from the U.S. and Europe in Syria’s case. Syria, however, has been a relatively minor export destination for Iranian…
