{"id":408405,"date":"2026-04-02T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=408405"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:44:54","slug":"iraq-begins-exporting-oil-via-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/iraq-begins-exporting-oil-via-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq begins exporting oil via Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Baghdad \u2013 Iraq has begun exporting crude oil using tanker trucks through Syrian territory, according to the Iraqi Oil Ministry. Iraq has been particularly affected by the conflict in the Middle East, as oil exports account for about 90% of the country\u2019s budget revenues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iraq exports most of its oil through the Strait of Hormuz, which is nearly closed due to the war between the United States and Israel and Iran. Iraq, like other Arab countries in the region such as Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait, has its only maritime access to the world through the Gulf, where Hormuz is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like other exporters in the oil-rich region, Iraq has been seeking alternative routes. In a statement released on Wednesday night (1), Iraq\u2019s Oil Ministry said it had \u201cbegun exporting oil by tanker trucks through neighboring Syria.\u201d According to the statement, Syria \u201cwill ensure the safe passage\u201d of the oil and exports will \u201cgradually\u201d increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safwan Sheikh Ahmad, spokesperson for the state-owned Syrian Petroleum Company, said the first shipment entered through the Al-Tanf border crossing from Iraq and that the tanker trucks would be unloaded at the Baniyas terminal for onward export. The Port of Baniyas is located on the Mediterranean coast in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reproduction of this content is prohibited<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-320085\">\u00a9Asaad Niazi\/AFP<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iraq\u2019s Oil Ministry said it has started sending tanker trucks carrying oil to Syria. Iraq depends on the Strait of Hormuz for exports, while Syria has a Mediterranean coastline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2345,"featured_media":320085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[7486,27715,9561,591,2063,1964,9611],"class_list":{"0":"post-408405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-conflict","9":"tag-exportacoes-en-2","10":"tag-exports-en","11":"tag-iraq","12":"tag-middle-east","13":"tag-oil","14":"tag-syria-en"},"wps_subtitle":"Iraq\u2019s Oil Ministry said it has started sending tanker trucks carrying oil to Syria. Iraq depends on the Strait of Hormuz for exports, while Syria has a Mediterranean coastline.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408405"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408408,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408405\/revisions\/408408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}