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TODAY:DP World signs a USD 7 bn Nigeria port agreement + Lesha Bank buys 33 more jets from Avolon
What we’re tracking this morning regionally and around the world
Syria starts trucking gasoline into Iraq, turning Baghdad's Hormuz bypass into a two-way route
Damascus says crude, other fuels, and even non-energy cargo could follow, if the roads can take the traffic
Ain Sokhna's truck yard plugs into Nafeza and could be a template for Egypt's fragmented trucking sector
Plus: Egytrans Nosco delayed its EGX delisting vote ahead of a potential AGL takeover
TODAY: Ain Sokhna’s new truck yard is already linking with Nafeza + Iraq's overland Hormuz bypass now runs both ways
What we’re tracking this morning regionally and around the world
Iran may drop its Hormuz fee demand to end the US blockade, but shipowners want more than a reopened strait
An agreement before the midterms looks unlikely, and the bill for ships trapped in the Gulf comes due in February
TODAY: Why a reopened Hormuz may still be closed to shipping + XRG locks in FID on Azerbaijan’s Absheron gas field
What we’re tracking this morning regionally and around the world
Syria, Iraq agree to link their customs systems at border crossings
Stories on our radar this morning from around the region
Egypt moves a step closer to settling African trade without the USD detour
The integration would let Egyptian traders settle with African counterparts without routing every payment through a correspondent bank in USD
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