Iraq Turns to Syria for Gasoline as Strait of Hormuz Closure Disrupts Fuel Supplies

Iraq turns to Syria for gasoline as Strait of Hormuz closure disrupts fuel supplies

Iraq has begun importing gasoline through Syria’s Baniyas port under a three-month agreement aimed at securing fuel supplies amid the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The arrangement uses road transport through Syria to reach Iraq, while Syrian officials say they are exploring longer-term infrastructure, including potential pipelines, to establish a more permanent energy corridor between the two countries.

Iraq imports petrol via Syria's Baniyas port as Hormuz closure bites

Iraq has started importing petrol through Syria's Baniyas port as the Strait of Hormuz stays closed. The arrangement underlines Baniyas's growing role as a strategic alternative route for regional energy supplies.

Syria says sending imported petrol to Iraq

DAMASCUS: Syria said on Sunday that it had begun delivering imported petrol to Iraq this week, months after Baghdad began exporting its oil via Syria when the Middle East war disrupted the Strait of Hormuz. “The Syrian Petroleum Company has begun transporting petrol imported for Iraq through the Banias oil terminal” on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, state news agency SANA reported. The move is part of “a renewable three-month agreement to secure e…

Syria begins transit of gasoline to Iraq via Banias oil terminal

Ahmed Qabbaji, deputy executive president for transportation and storage at the company, said the operation began Thursday with an initial batch of 57 tanker trucks, with plans to increase capacity to around 200 trucks per day traveling to Iraq through the al-Tanf border crossing between Syria and Iraq.

New Iraqi petrol import plan revealed to dodge dangers of Hormuz

Imports of petrol will now be trucked to Middle East receiver