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Fuel tanker transport illustrates Iraq’s search for alternative export routes through Syria as regional shipping risks reshape Middle East trade.
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Syria Turns Iraq’s Oil Export Stress Into a Regional Trade Opening

by Oguz BuyukyildirimApril 29, 2026April 29, 2026

Syria’s reopened border with Iraq gives Damascus something more valuable than symbolism: a practical role in regional trade again. The Rabia-Yarubiyah crossing reopened on April 20 for the first time in more than a decade. For Iraq, it creates another overland route for fuel oil exports at a time when disruption around Gulf shipping and […]

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