US EditionIraq and Syria Reconnect Through Border Route Shut for Over a Decade
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Iraq reopens border crossing with Syria shut for nearly 13 years
Iraq reopened a once-bustling border crossing with Syria on Monday, more than a decade after it was closed to trade following the rise of the Islamic State group. With the al-Rabia post - known as al-Yarubiyah on the Syrian side - back in operation, all three border crossings between Iraq and Syria are now open. Border Ports Authority chief Omar Al-Waeli told journalists during the reopening ceremony that al-Rabia "is a strategic border port" th…
On Monday, Iraq reopened the border post of "Rabia" with Syria, after 13 years of closure to the circulation of trade, following the emergence of the so-called "Islamic State" organization (Daesh). The border post of "Rabia", whose reopening was announced by the Iraqi authorities in a statement to the press, is one of the three crossing points between Iraq and Syria, a neighbouring country to the west with which it shares more than 600 km of bor…
20 April, 2026 Baghdad/Basket: the head of the Border Port Authority, General Omar al-Wali, announced the opening of the Port...
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