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06.08.26 - 11:36
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Iraq-Syria Pipeline to Bypass Hormuz Could Be Revived Within 3 Years (ZeroHedge)
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Iraq-Syria Pipeline to Bypass Hormuz Could Be Revived Within 3 Years
By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice
An old Iraq-to-Syria oil pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz could be up and running within three years, a senior Syrian official has said.
The Hormuz crisis that cut off most of Iraq's crude oil exports has accelerated plans by Iraq and Syria to rebuild a damaged oil pipeline to ship crude oil from the Iraqi fields in Kirkuk to Syria's Mediterranean coast.
The completion of the renovation of the pipeline from Haditha in Iraq to the Syrian port of Baniyas would take “three years at most,” said Youssef Qablawi, CEO of the state-owned Syrian Petroleum Company.
Syria and Iraq have started negotiations to finalize the contract, and are also in discussions with companies that will invest in this pipeline, the executive said, as carried by Iraqi news outlet The New Region.
“Engineering studies and the purchase of materials will then begin, followed by construction. Implementation wi...
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06.08.26 - 04:36
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US Lifts Sanctions On Iraqi Airline Blacklisted Over IRGC Ties (ZeroHedge)
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US Lifts Sanctions On Iraqi Airline Blacklisted Over IRGC Ties
Via The Cradle
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) lifted sanctions on Iraq's Fly Baghdad Airlines and two of its aircraft on Wednesday, clearing a carrier Washington had blacklisted in January 2024 over alleged support for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force.
The Baghdad-based carrier was delisted from the Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) list under each of its three registered names, Fly Baghdad Airlines Company, Fly Baghdad, and Iraq Express.
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Two Boeing 737 aircraft flown by the airline, carrying the tail numbers YI-BAF and YI-BAN, were removed from the list at the same time.
A US Treasury official, who spoke anonymously, told AFP that the airline had cleared the department's administrative reconsideration process.
"FBA (Fly Baghdad Airlines) has demonstrated major changes to their operations such that their listing is no longer warranted," the official said.
The...
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01.08.26 - 03:09
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US Withdraws Troops, Patriot Batteries From Northern Iraq Amid Iranian Attacks (ZeroHedge)
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US Withdraws Troops, Patriot Batteries From Northern Iraq Amid Iranian Attacks
There are new reports Friday of more US troop pullback initiatives in the wake of the last couple weeks of US-Iran fighting, and Iranian ballistic missile and drone strikes which have targeted American bases with increased regularity, especially in Jordan and Kuwait.
One regional media publication freshly reports, "The United States military has started to draw down its last remaining forces from Iraq stationed in the vicinity of Erbil's airport in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, well-placed sources with close knowledge of the process confirmed to Al-Monitor."
via AP
Significant US anti-air defenses are also being pulled back, given they and their radar systems have increasingly been targeted.
"Patriot mobile air-to-surface air-defense systems that detect and shoot down incoming missiles, drones and other airborne enemy equipment have already been removed from the military compound, the sources said, w...
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