London-based Saudi pan-Arab paper; reported that Asharq had earlier cited Syrian, Western and Iraqi sources confirming the deal was in preparation, and framed it as the start of a "new economic alliance in the Arab Mashreq," a regional-integration narrative absent from Western coverage
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Asharq Al-Awsat · Saudi Arabia · Iraq and Syria sign a US-backed deal to rebuild the Kirkuk-Baniyas crude oil pipeline, with Chevron as lead partner
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