Türkiye’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar (2nd proper), Minister of the Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mikayil Jabbarov (proper), Syrian power minister Mohammed al-Bashir (2nd Left) and Director General of Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) Fahad Hamad Hassan Al-Sulait (L) through the Türkiye-Syria Natural gasoline pipeline opening and the graduation of the gasoline provide by Azerbaijan to Syria ceremony in Kilis, Türkiye on August 2, 2025. Photo: Turkish Energy Ministry Handout by way of AFP
Syria’s Islamist authorities, who toppled Bashar al-Assad in December, are searching for to rebuild the battered nation the place energy cuts can final for greater than 20 hours a day.
Speaking at a ceremony attended by Syria’s power minister, Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister and the pinnacle of Qatar’s improvement fund, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar mentioned the initiative would assist normalise Syria.
“In the preliminary part, as much as two billion cubic metres of pure gasoline per 12 months may very well be exported to Syria,” Mr. Bayraktar mentioned on the ceremony within the southern province of Kilis close to the Syrian border.
Damascus has mentioned the gasoline can be used to generate electrical energy.
“The gasoline will assist activate an influence plant with a capability of round 1,200 megawatts, assembly the electrical energy wants of roughly 5 million households,” Mr. Bayraktar mentioned.
“We will transport pure gasoline to Aleppo and from Aleppo to Homs. This will allow the ability crops there to be put into operation within the close to future,” he added.
A primary part of the Qatari scheme to fund gasoline provides for energy technology in Syria rolled out in March by way of Jordan and offered 400 megawatts of electrical energy per day.
Published – August 02, 2025 11:49 pm IST
