Syria becomes alternative energy corridor for oil as Hormuz effectively blo
Syria is receiving hundreds of Iraqi oil trucks hauling crude overland as an alternative energy corridor to Europe.

Syria is receiving hundreds of Iraqi oil trucks hauling crude overland as an alternative energy corridor to Europe.




![The Syrian Interior Ministry releases picture of Amjad Youssef, arrested in a security operation in the Hama countryside [Via Syrian Interior Ministry on X]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amjad-Youssef-1777028183.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![A member of the Syrian government forces stands on a mound of earth as security personnel enter the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on February 3, 2026. Syrian government forces started entering Qamishli on February 3, under an integration deal agreed with the Kurds last week, state media reported. The move comes after security personnel entered the mixed Kurdish-Arab city of Hasakeh and the countryside around the Kurdish town of Kobane a day earlier, as part of the comprehensive agreement to gradually integrate Kurdish forces and institutions into the state. [Bakr ALkasem / AFP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AFP__20260203__94YE8KE__v1__HighRes__SyriaKurdsConflictDeal-1776779393.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Final convoy of US soldiers and equipment departs Qasrak air base in the northeastern governorate of Hasakah.
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