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The Strait of Hormuz crisis<\/a> is driving nations\u2019 efforts to develop alternative Gulf-to-Europe trade routes, with Iraq\u2019s $24 billion “Development Road” project at the forefront, analyst says.<\/p>\n

The route from Iraq\u2019s Grand Faw Port to Turkey<\/a> and on to Europe, is advancing “with discipline,” Middle East Council on Global Affairs analyst Muhanad Seloom<\/a> told Fox News Digital, calling it a “permanent” and “transformative” wartime shift.<\/p>\n

Seloom\u2019s comments came as President Donald Trump warned Tehran against further escalation in the Gulf and signaled the U.S. is prepared to act to keep the strait open.<\/p>\n

Iranian forces have laid mines and threatened commercial<\/a> traffic in the narrow waterway. As of Sunday, the shipping route remains effectively closed.<\/p>\n

IRAN IS ‘TRYING TO GIVE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY A HEART ATTACK’ BY CLOSING STRAIT OF HORMUZ, UAE MINISTER SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Iraq\u2019s Development Road means every container moving through Basra instead of Iranian-controlled waters is a reduction<\/a> in Tehran\u2019s leverage over Iraq,” said Seloom.<\/p>\n

“The real scale, independent estimates put the Development Road closer to $24 billion, and the project is now moving with discipline,” he said.<\/p>\n

Iraq\u2019s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani inaugurated the first 63-kilometer stretch of the Development Road in 2025. Phase 1 is due for completion by 2028.<\/p>\n

“What was described by the Iraqi government as a flagship of Iraqi statecraft now has a regional rationale that governments and financiers treat as essential rather than aspirational,” Seloom, an assistant professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, explained.<\/p>\n

“Sudani seems to be positioning Iraq exactly where he thinks its geography always suggested, as a connecting state between the Gulf, Turkey and Europe,” he said.<\/p>\n

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But other regional infrastructure, Seloom says, is also being pushed forward in parallel.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia<\/a>\u2019s East-West Petroline pipeline is operating near its 7 million-barrel-per-day capacity, with expansion plans under review.<\/p>\n

The UAE\u2019s ADCOP pipeline to Fujairah is also at maximum use, with a second line under discussion, he said. “Turkey\u2019s Zangezur and Middle Corridors bypass Iran via the Caucasus and are four to five years out.”<\/p>\n

He added: “Six Gulf-backed overland fiber projects are also underway through Syria<\/a>, Iraq and the Horn of Africa.”<\/p>\n

Iran reimposed closure measures on the<\/a> Strait of Hormuz on April 18, reducing traffic to just a handful of vessels per day compared with a pre-war average of roughly 130 to 140.<\/p>\n

The restrictions, including on ships<\/a>, have come under fire in recent days, and interceptions trace back to the start of the war on Feb. 28, when Tehran first moved to block transit following U.S.-Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n

IRAN WAR, 11 DAYS IN: US CONTROLS SKIES, OIL SURGES AND THE REGION BRACES FOR WHAT\u2019S NEXT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Hormuz remains indispensable for energy, but it is no longer treated as a<\/a> default. That shift is permanent given the war,” Seloom said.<\/p>\n

For Iraq\u2019s corridor, it is “potentially transformative,” Seloom said, with $4 billion per year in projected transit revenue and a repositioning from an oil rentier state to a logistics state.<\/p>\n

“Turkey will be the single largest beneficiary. Combined with the Zangezur and Middle Corridors, Ankara becomes the overland bridge between Asia and Europe,” he said. “Europe will have an additional overland option on a 2028-plus timeline, but nothing for the current crisis. It marginally reduces structural dependence on the unreliable Suez\u2013Red Sea axis.”<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/hormuz-crisis-spurs-24b-iraq-trade-corridor-gulf-routes-shift <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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