With growing risks threatening traditional maritime corridors, Syria’s geography could give it a renewed role in linking the Gulf with Turkiye and Europe through a network of highways and railway lines.

Syria’s ongoing cooperation with the OPCW to eliminate and destroy remaining al-Assad-era chemical weapons, supported internationally but hindered by major technical and financial challenges.

Egyptian–Syrian relations are cautiously improving after al-Assad’s fall, but remain constrained by political, security, and diplomatic reservations over Syria’s new leadership and ambassadorial representation.

Iraq's move towards adopting the Syrian route comes within a broader context of restructuring energy security in the region.

Syria is re-emerging on the regional and international radar not just as a theater of conflict, but as a potential player in reshaping supply chains between East and West.