Convoy of oil trucks shows war-battered Syria selling itself as safe corridor amid regional conflict

Israel

(1 May 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Tartous, Syria - 1 May 2026 1. Driving shot of oil trucks lined up along the highway between Tartous and the port city of Baniyas 2. Various drone shots of oil trucks lined up 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rafea al-Sawadi, Iraqi truck driver: ++SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY COVERED++ “Before, we used to work in oil in Iraq, at Iraqi ports. But at the Basra terminal, when the Strait of Hormuz was closed, traders and companies shifted to Syria. We loaded up, and