Iraqi intelligence document reveals oil smuggling routes from Jurf al-Sakhar to Baghdad

An Iraqi intelligence document has revealed that oil smuggling operations from the Jurf al-Sakhar area have continued for years, indicating the involvement of armed factions in transporting oil derivatives using tankers along several routes to the capital, Baghdad.

According to Al Arabiya, the document monitored the use of tankers by these groups to move oil products from Jurf al-Sakhar, with some smuggling routes passing along the international highway. Oil is also transported from the "refinery" area towards Amiriyah Fallujah and then to Baghdad.

The document noted that smuggling operations also take place via the Musayyib Bridge toward Baghdad, after switching the tankers used to carry the oil derivatives.

The document included recommendations urging security and oil authorities to strengthen coordination to pursue oil smuggling operations, prevent violations against oil pipelines, and tighten monitoring of tanker movements used to transport oil products.