When Canada’s Suncor Energy opened a natural gas plant in Syria last year, it promised “Energy for today and tomorrow” in an advertisement that showed one of its workers talking to a keenly interested President Bashar al-Assad.
Now the business is scrambling to deal with a tomorrow that has arrived in an unwelcome form: a country in chaos, headed by a leader whose lethal crackdown on a popular uprising has made him a public relations liability.
Asked about its future in Syria, Suncor said it was making a “great deal” of effort to ensure it could operate responsibly there. “We ... continue to work within our sphere of influence to ensure we are upholding the company’s values,” it added.
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