Syria, eyeing role as Middle East hub, offers options to bypass Hormuz

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Syria, eyeing role as Middle East hub, offers options to bypass Hormuz

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The wartime blockage of cargo traffic in the Strait of Hormuz is a boon for Syria, which is poised to capitalize on a need for alternative transit routes for oil.

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Gerry Shih

AL-QARYATAYN, Syria — Day and night, 5,000 hulking trucks carrying oil from the Persian Gulf rumble across this stretch of barren desert as if in a caravan snaking its way toward the Mediterranean Sea.

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