Iraq, Syria and the US plan to revive a historic 500-mile pipeline to Syria's Mediterranean coast as part of efforts to reduce Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz, senior Iraqi and regional officials have told Middle East Eye.

The Trump administration will announce plans to resurrect a five-decade-old pipeline running from Iraq to the Syrian port of Baniyas

The US, Iraq, and Syria plan to revive the Kirkuk-Baniyas pipeline, bypassing Iran's Hormuz crypto tolls and reshaping global oil export routes.