Azerbaijan announced Saturday that it will begin exporting natural gas to Syria via Turkey, in a move aimed at easing Syria's deepening energy crisis.
The announcement came during Syria's Ahmad Al-Sharaa’s official visit to Baku — his first since assuming office in December 2024.
During talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the two sides underscored the urgent need to address Syria's energy shortage and confirmed plans for a pipeline-based gas export project to be launched in the near future.
“It was noted that Syria is currently facing a severe energy crisis,” read an official statement from the Azerbaijani presidency.
“In this context, a project to export Azerbaijani gas to Syria via Turkish territory was confirmed, which will contribute to enhancing the country’s energy security.”
After more than 14 years of civil war, much of Syria's electricity infrastructure has been decimated. Nationwide blackouts lasting more than 20 hours per day have become routine, complicating reconstruction efforts and daily life.
Al-Sharaa’s administration, which has pledged to stabilize and rebuild the war-torn nation, has prioritized restoring power to major cities and industrial zones as part of a broader economic recovery plan.
In May 2025, Syrian Energy Minister Mohammad Al-Bashir revealed that Damascus and Ankara had reached an agreement under which Turkey would supply natural gas to northern Syria through an existing pipeline infrastructure.
The new Azerbaijan-Syria-Turkey deal builds upon that framework and represents the first significant tripartite energy cooperation involving Syria since the end of the civil war.
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