The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz forced Iraq to take this step

Iraq has resumed oil exports through Syria.

TodayPress TV reports, citing “Reuters”, that Iraqi oil is being transported to Syria’s Baniyas port by road tankers rather than oil tankers, using a land route that had remained largely unused for decades.

According to the report, after the war with Iran disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest oil producer, began seeking alternative export routes.

Since october, Qatar’s energy group UCC Holding has been transporting 120,000–150,000 barrels of oil per day along this route under a contract with state-owned company SOMO.

Approximately 6,000 trucks are being used for the shipments. The company plans to increase this number to 10,000. Around 10,000 drivers work along the route. A round trip between Basra and Baniyas takes up to five days.

Kubra Musayeva