Tanker trucks loaded with gasoline bound for Iraq line a highway in the foreground, while trucks carrying crude oil for export queue in the opposite lane in the background, in Baniyas, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP) Iraq Iraq Says Syrian Side Must Protect Fuel Tankers
An oil field worker opens oil pipeline valves, and in the background Kirkuk–Baniyas oil pipeline extension line. (Graphic: Kurdistan24) Iraq Reviving Kirkuk–Baniyas Pipeline Could Earn Syria $200 Million Annually, Experts Warn of Security and Political Risks
Iraqi intelligence chief Hamid al-Shatri (R) and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L). (Photo: INA) Iraq Iraq, Syria in Talks to Reopen Key Oil Gateway to the Mediterranean
