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Just how bad this is. it is a leak that has been traced to the baniyas power station in syria. the syrians played down the scale of the spill last week, but it's said to be up to 20,000 tonnes of oil, which is roughly the size of new york city. now, over the last few days, it had been drifting directly towards turkish northern cyprus, threatening the karpas peninsula, which is largely unspoilt and a valuable marine environment. i'm pleased to be able to tell you that the coastline and beaches there have largely been spared. these are drone pictures from earlier today. the wind has been quite f...

Equally depressing. an oil slick covering approximately 900 square kilometres — that's the size of new york city — is drifting in the eastern mediterranean after leaking from the baniyas power station in syria. syrian officials played down the size of the spill last week, but it's feared up to 20,000 tonnes of oil may have leaked into the mediterranean. the slick had been drifting directly towards turkish northern cyprus, before strong winds blew it away from the coast and to the north. let me show you what the pristine northern tip juan pena ibanez is chief executive of 0rbital eos, which...