Syria signed a deal to buy natural gas from Jordan on January 26, 2026, according to a report by The National shared by Aaron Zelin on X during the 28-minute reporting window from 4:17 p.m. to 4:46 p.m. UTC. The agreement was reported in The National article titled "Syria signs deal to buy natural gas from Jordan," as quoted in Zelin's X post. The post noted the natural gas originates from Israel's Leviathan offshore field, transported via a pipeline north from Aqaba, which is already supplying Israeli gas southbound.