Jordan will reopen its border crossing with southern Syria this week, Jordan’s Inside Ministry introduced Monday.
The Jaber border crossing will open Wednesday for commerce and tourism between the “sisterly nations,” in response to Jordan’s official Petra information company.
Jordan has closed its border with Syria a number of occasions because the onset of the Syrian civil conflict in 2011. In 2018, Jordan reopened the Jaber border crossing, which is reverse the Syrian city of Naseeb. The transfer was largely motivated by financial issues. The border closed once more for a brief interval in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This August, Jordan closed the border point once more amid government-rebel fighting in southern Syria.
The reopening adopted a Syrian delegation visiting Jordan final week to debate the border state of affairs.
There have been different high-level contacts between Jordan and Syria just lately. Earlier this month, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt agreed on a deal to export Egyptian fuel to energy-starved Lebanon. Additionally on Monday, Jordanian and Syrian ministers met in Amman to debate growing bilateral cooperation between the 2 international locations, in response to Syria’s official SANA information outlet.
Jordan initially supported Syrian rebel forces within the Syrian civil conflict, although the Hashemite Kingdom later backtracked on this coverage and has opened up contacts with the federal government of President Bashar al-Assad relating to frame and safety issues.
