Al-Qa'im border crossing () between
Syria
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and
Iraq
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is one of the major supply routes across the Middle East. It connects the town of
Abu Kamal
Abu Kamal (), also known as Al-Bukamal (), is a city in eastern Syria located on the Euphrates river in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate and near the border with Iraq. It is the administrative centre of the Abu Kamal District and the local subdistr ...
in Syria's
Deir ez-Zor Governorate
Deir ez-Zor Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Dayr az-Zawr,'' Kurdish'':'' ''Parêzgeha Dêrezor'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in eastern Syria, bordering Iraq. It has an area of 33,060 k ...
to the city of
Husaybah, in the
Al-Qa'im District of Iraq's
Anbar Governorate. The border crossing is about 450 km from Syria's capital
Damascus
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and 340 km from the Iraqi capital
Baghdad
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.
On 30 September 2019, Iraq reopened the border crossing after eight years of closure due to
Syrian Civil War and
Iraqi Civil War.
In December 2024,
after new offensives by rebels, over 1,500
Syrian government soldiers crossed the border into Al-Qa'im, and
surrendered to Iraqi forces.
See also
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Iraq–Syria border
The Iraqi–Syrian border is the border between Syria and Iraq and runs for a total length of across Upper Mesopotamia and the Syrian desert, from the tripoint with Jordan in the south-west to the tripoint with Turkey in the north-east.
Descrip ...
References
Deir ez-Zor Governorate
Iraq–Syria border crossings
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