IRAQ

Ramadhan Dismisses Future Use of Iraqi-Syrian Pipeline

Now that projects for new export facilities are firmly under way, Iraq has no plans to make use of the currently inoperative Iraqi-Syrian pipeline, preferring instead to focus on safer outlets for its oil exports, according to Mr. Taha Yasin Ramadhan, Iraq's First Deputy Prime Minister. In an interview with the London-weekly al-Dustur, the Iraqi official stated: "I consider the Syrian pipeline abandoned, because we will...