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Syria has started building the stretch of the Arab Gas Pipeline that would link the Jordanian border to the Turkish one. The Syrian Petroleum Company is laying an 186 km, 36-inch section that will help complete a c. 566 km run between the two borders, QNA reports. The section comes with c. 8 mn cbm of operational gas storage and a compressor station that can move 11 mn cbm/d at first, expandable to c. 22 mn cbm/d.
Demand on the line is already growing: Jordan recently approved plans to move imported gas from Aqaba through the Arab Gas Pipeline via Syria to Lebanon for power generation. Egypt has also been sending c. 50 mmcf/d to each of Syria and Lebanon this year, using LNG regasified at Aqaba. The new section gives those flows more room and more flexibility as they grow.
Terminal velocity
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will provide EUR 270 mn to cover 31% of the cost of expanding and modernizing the airports in Marrakech, Agadir, Tangier, and Fez to handle a combined 25.6 mn passengers a year ahead of the 2030 World Cup, according to Morocco World News.
Morocco’s National Airports Office will cover the rest of the program’s estimated MAD 9 bn (EUR 863.4 mn) cost. The expansion program targets annual passenger handling capacities of 14 mn in Marrakech, 5 mn in Agadir, 3.6 mn in Tangier, and 3 mn in Fez. The work also covers air navigation systems and safety and security upgrades.
Six countries, one chequebook
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) approved USD 938 mn in financing for six countries, led by EUR 335.5 mn (c. USD 387 mn, or c. 41% of the package) to extend a highway into Tunisia’s Kef and Jendouba, the Saudi Press Agency reports.
Also in the split: Uzbekistan gets USD 317 mn for the Kongrad wind-and-battery project and a farm mechanization program. Pakistan gets USD 100 mn for polio eradication, Kyrgyzstan USD 70.7 mn for rural water supply in Jalalabad, and Nigeria’s Katsina State USD 60.7 mn for farm centers. Syria gets a USD 2.9 mn grant for its road transport sector. The IsDB restored Syria’s membership in March 2025.
