Egypt plans to export gas to Lebanon by end of February

While Egypt stresses that the route is open for gas exports to Lebanon, two prominent members of the US Congress have called on the Biden administration to reconsider its support for the energy deal between Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
Egypt gas plant
This picture taken on Jan. 13, 2022 shows a view of the Shubra al-Kheima natural gas electrical power station in the background behind high-rise skyscrapers along the Nile river in Egypt's capital Cairo. - AMIR MAKAR/AFP via Getty Images
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CAIRO — Concerns are growing over an agreement that would allow natural gas to flow from Egypt to energy-starved Lebanon via Jordan and Syria, amid opposition from some US lawmakers and technical obstacles. 

On Jan. 31, Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El-Molla set the date for exporting gas to Lebanon at the end of February or mid-March at the latest

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