Iraqi trucks were loading gasoline at Syria’s Baniyas port on 29 September under a three-month supply arrangement, the Associated Press reported. The route provides an alternative to shipments through the disrupted Strait of Hormuz.
Under the arrangement described by AP, Qatar-based UCC buys the gasoline and Syria manages transport and receives transit fees. Fuel then moves overland through al-Tanf to Iraq.
A Syrian Petroleum Company official said the aim was to send 200 tankers a day. That figure was a target, rather than a verified daily delivery total.
The arrangement divides responsibility across a buyer, a Syrian terminal and an overland route into Iraq. That matters for interpreting the reported tanker target: purchases by UCC, loading at Baniyas and arrivals in Iraq are separate measures of progress through the same supply chain.