Moscow supports building new petroleum pipeline between Syria and Iraq

Iraqi sources in Cairo said today that Iraqi and Syrian experts discussed with representatives of some of Russian petroleum companies establishing a new petroleum line between Damascus and Baghdad and reviving the Karkouk - Banias line that has stopped since the 1970s due to political disputes between the two countries.

The sources said that Moscow showed a readiness to support this project politically and technically, whose cost reaches a $1 billion, which will ease Baghdad's dependence on petroleum pipelines between Turkey and Iraq in addition to enhancing ties between Damascus and Baghdad.