An informed US government official revealed on the 14th that Iraq and Syria will rebuild an oil pipeline that has been abandoned for many years to transport oil produced in the northern Iraqi oil fields to Syrian Mediterranean ports, thus avoiding the Strait of Hormuz. This oil pipeline was originally built in 1952. It runs from Kirkuk in Iraq in the east to Banias in Syria in the west. The total length is about 800 kilometers, and the average oil transportation capacity is 300,000 barrels per day. This pipeline was severely damaged during the Iran-Iraq War and the Iraq War, and has been abandoned for a long time.

An informed US government official revealed on the 14th that Iraq and Syria will rebuild an oil pipeline that has been abandoned for many years to transport oil produced in the northern Iraqi oil fields to Syrian Mediterranean ports, thus avoiding the Strait of Hormuz. This oil pipeline was originally built in 1952. It runs from Kirkuk in Iraq in the east to Banias in Syria in the west. The total length is about 800 kilometers, and the average oil transportation capacity is 300,000 barrels per day. This pipeline was severely damaged during the Iran-Iraq War and the Iraq War, and has been abandoned for a long time.