AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoEnergy & Trade Logistics: Lebanese officials met an Iraqi delegation in Beirut to revive the historic Kirkuk–Tripoli oil pipeline, positioning Lebanon as an initial storage and re-export hub for Iraqi crude and refined products; the plan includes rehabilitating the 1932–34 pipeline and upgrading border crossings, roads for tanker traffic, and storage safety standards to attract investment. Maritime Security & Oil Prices: Iran rejected Trump’s “total control” claim over the Strait of Hormuz, saying the waterway will stay closed until the US accepts Iran’s conditions; fresh attacks on shipping around Hormuz and the Red Sea are keeping oil near $90 and raising supply disruption fears. Lebanon Anti-Drug Enforcement: The Lebanese army seized about 1.2 million captagon pills in a north of Beirut operation targeting a vehicle prepared for smuggling abroad, arresting two people. Regional Diplomacy: Pakistan said it is intensifying efforts to bring the US and Iran back to talks as Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited Tehran, while Iran’s Supreme National Security Council chief reiterated reopening Hormuz depends on US concessions including a region-wide ceasefire covering Lebanon and Gaza.
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