Damascus moves to centralize control over Syrian oil sector
Kurdish-led authorities in northeast Syria are losing their hold on the country’s largest oil fields as foreign investors look for opportunities.
A delegation from the Syria Petroleum Company visits oil facilities in northeast Syria in January 2026, shortly after they came under control of the Damascus government. (Photo credit: SPC)
SULAIMANIYA - The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria (AANES) is losing control of several producing oil fields, signaling a paradigm shift in which the Syrian Transitional Government in Damascus is consolidating authority over the oil and gas sector.
The changes carry significant implications for foreign investment by international oil companies in Syria’s oil and gas sector, as well as for Kurdish autonomy in northeast Syria, and the cross-border flow of oil into the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
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