The U.S. promoted the re-launching of the Ishsh pipeline and bypassing the Holmuz new corridor

According to Middle East Eye, the United States is working with Iraq and Syria on a plan to upgrade an old oil pipeline linking the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk and Banias on the Syrian Mediterranean coast to enable Iraq to export crude oil by bypassing the Strait of Hormuz. It is expected that an agreement will be announced during the meeting between Prime Minister Ali Zeidi and Trump next week at the White House on the restoration of the entire approximately 800-kilometre pipeline. The pipeline has been suspended for decades and is currently severely damaged and may need to be rebuilt as a whole, and the work is expected to take two to three years. A number of United States companies have been recruited into the project。