{"id":98509,"date":"2023-05-25T19:04:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T19:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=98509"},"modified":"2023-05-25T19:04:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T19:04:06","slug":"closure-of-semalka-crossing-rises-cement-prices-in-ne-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/98509\/","title":{"rendered":"Closure of Semalka crossing rises cement prices in NE Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Building material prices, especially cement, have spiked recently in northeast Syria due to the continued closure of the Semalka-Faysh Khabour border crossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 11, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) closed the border crossing, which links the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) and northeast Syria, until further notice and without giving details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saeed Muhammad, 38, a resident of al-Mufti neighborhood in Hasakah city who is working on his new home, told North Press that each bag of cement cost him 40,000 [$4.5] Syrian pounds before the closure. Now, however, \u201ceach bag costs 100,000 [$11] Syrian pounds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem is not limited to its high prices as it has also become so difficult to secure cement, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zanar Abdullah, the owner of Iman Center, a building materials shop, told North Press that since the crossing\u2019s closure, \u201ccement has become so scarce as owners of brick factories rush to buy it for fear that production would stop.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iron prices have also hiked between $10 to $20 per ton. 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