US supports Iraq-Syria pipeline that would bypass Hormuz
July 14, 2026 5:15 PM, EDT Oil tankers load crude oil at Iraq’s Al-Basra Offshore Terminal in Basra, Iraq in 2019. (Nabil al-Juraani/Associated Press, File) key takeaways: US officials are supporting talks to revive the Kirkuk-Banias oil pipeline from Iraq to Syria’s Mediterranean coast. The proposal comes after the wartime closure of the Strait of