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    <text>Iraq and Syria sign a memorandum of understanding deal to rehabilitate the Kirkuk–Baniyas pipeline to bypass to the Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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    <text>Seven OPEC+ members agree to raise oil production quotas by 188,000 barrels per day in August, as oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz gradually resume after disruptions linked to the Iran war. </text>
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  <text>Iraq and Syria sign a memorandum of understanding to rehabilitate the Kirkuk–Baniyas pipeline to bypass to the Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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