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Oil Spikes After Reports Circulate That Syrian President Bashaar al-Assad Died
Monday, August 6, 2012 - 12:26pm | 252WTI Crude futures spiked early Monday on reports that a Russian official had tweeted that Syrian President Assad had been injured or killed today in a fight. The news of a potential break down of the country into full-blown civil war sent oil higher by about $1 per barrel. However, the Russian...