VOL. XLI

No. 34

24-August-1998

IRAQ/SYRIA

Iraq And Syria Sign MOU On Restoring Kirkuk-Banias Crude Oil Pipeline

Iraq and Syria signed a memorandum of understanding in Baghdad on 20 August to restorean oil pipeline between northern Iraq and Syria's Mediterranean port of Banias, accordingto the official Iraqi News Agency (INA). The Syrian Oil Minister, Dr. MuhammadMahir Jamal and his Iraqi counterpart, Dr. Amir Rashid, "signed today a memorandum ofunderstanding to restore the pipeline and to...