Who Really Owns Syria’s Oil and Gas Comeback?

OilPrice · Natalia Katona · last updated February 11, 2026 – 1:29 PM

Syria’s attempt to rebuild its oil and gas sector entered a new phase in January 2026, when forces of the al-Sharaa government pushed into territories long controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and forced a new ceasefire. Under the agreement reached on January 18, Damascus assumed administrative and security control over all major oil and gas assets previously held by the SDF in the northeast of the country. For the first time since 2011, the Damascus government regained effective authority over most of the country’s…

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