The Ministry of Energy's home page states Syria's phosphate reserves as 1.7 to 1.8 billion tonnes, with no date, source or method
Claim ID
PHOSRES-002
Exact or summary claim
The Ministry of Energy's home page states Syria's phosphate reserves as 1.7 to 1.8 billion tonnes, with no date, source or method
Destination
Chapter 9 line 145
Status
QUALIFIED
Source
SRC-696
Source type
Ministry website statement
Published
n.d.
Accessed
2026-08-24
Measure and scope
Phosphate reserves, tonnes, Syria, undated
Known conflict
Its upper end equals the USGS figure of the 2020 and 2021 editions (1.8 billion tonnes, SRC-375), which the USGS cut to 250 million from the 2024 edition (PHOSRES-001) with no reason recorded; the ministry's range is not the present USGS figure
Specialist
Mineral reserves reporting
Downstream
Chapter 9 line 145
Action
Print only as what the ministry's home page states, undated; set beside the USGS series, never substituted for it