Iraq plans to export crude via an alternative Syria route to bypass the Strait
of Hormuz, arranging tanker trucks to move oil overland to Mediterranean ports,
foreign media report. Syria’s state oil company CEO Yusuf Kibravi said Iraq has
asked Syria to expand cooperation beyond existing fuel-oil shipments. Iraq
already uses tanker-truck convoys to deliver some fuel oil overland to Banias on
Syria’s Mediterranean coast for transshipment onto tankers. Using the same
land‑sea model for crude would create an export corridor that avoids the Strait
of Hormuz.
