{"id":38002,"date":"2019-09-28T13:41:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T13:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=38002"},"modified":"2019-09-28T13:41:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T13:41:22","slug":"Iraq agreed to open al-Qaem border crossing with Syria officially","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/38002\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq agreed to open al-Qaem border crossing with Syria officially"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\"><b>North-Press Agency&nbsp; <br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">&#8220;Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi agreed to open al-Qaem border crossing with Syria on Monday,&#8221; the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) has reported. <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">It noted that, &#8220;the head of the border outlets, Kazem Muhammad Breisem al-Uqabi&nbsp; confirmed the readiness of the outlet for the passage of the passengers, in addition to the trade exchange. <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">In November 2017, the Iraqi government recaptured the town of al-Qaem in the province of al-Anbar west of the country from the Islamic State (ISIS).&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Al-Qaem town is 300km west of Baghdad, and it was the last stronghold of ISIS before its fall in Iraq. <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">It is adjacent to the Syrian town of Albukamal, which was also a stronghold of ISIS. <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">The two towns are located on a strategic supply route, and the border crossing was open to government and military traffic only. <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Iraq declared the victory over ISIS in 2017, as it lost its last enclaves in Syria this year.&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Al-Qaem border crossing on the Iraqi side which is called Albukamal on the Syrian side, was controlled by al-Nusra Front and other battalions of the Syrian opposition until it was taken over by ISIS in 2014, where it was closed completely. <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">In addition, Syria and Iraq share several border crossings along the borders between the two countries. <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Al-Yarubiya border crossing (al-Rabi&#8217;a on the Iraqi side) at Tal Kuchar town in the governorate of Hasakah is run by the Autonomous Administration of northeastern Syria. <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Semalka-Bishabour border crossing which lies in the far north-east of Syria between the Autonomous Administration regions and Iraqi Kurdistan Region, it is open to commercial and human movement. <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">There is also al-Tanf (al-Walid) border crossing south of Deir ez-Zor, which is controlled by Syrian opposition forces backed by the Global Coalition.&nbsp; <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North-Press Agency&nbsp; &#8220;Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi agreed to open al-Qaem border crossing with Syria on Monday,&#8221; the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) has reported. 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