Iraq has officially reopened the Qaim border crossing with Syria for trade and passenger traffic, a spokesman for the Iraqi border authority said on Saturday, marking a key step in efforts to ...

Iraq and Syria reopened the main border crossing for travellers and goods on Saturday, Iraqi authorities announced. The move is the latest sign of warming relations between Baghdad and Damascus ...

Around 2,000 Syrian army soldiers crossed to Iraq on Saturday, Turki al-Mahlawi, the mayor of Al-Qaim border town, told Reuters on Saturday.Earlier on ...

The Syrian government gave a green light Thursday for the United Nations to use a key crossing from Turkey to the country’s rebel-held northwest that was closed earlier this week, but it wants ...

The agreement the United Nations reached with Syria to reopen the main border crossing from Turkey to its rebel-held northwest for six months “safeguards” the independence of U.N. operations ...

“This crossing will serve as a strategic corridor for commodity trade between Iraq and Syria,” said Turki al-Mahallawi, mayor of the town of al-Qaim, where the border post is located.