The Jordanian Minister of Industry, Yaarub Al-Qudah, announced on Tuesday evening that the Kingdom’s trucks will be allowed to enter Syria as of Wednesday morning through the Jaber border crossing between the two countries.
The minister told the official Jordanian news agency (Petra): “Jordanian trucks will be allowed to enter Syrian territory, starting tomorrow morning, Wednesday (today), through the Jaber border crossing.”
He added, “The decision to enter trucks into Syrian territory will help in the flow of goods and freight movement between Jordan and Syria.”
He added that he will visit the crossing and the joint Syrian-Jordanian free zone on Thursday “to review the progress of work, procedures and arrangements related to the trade exchange process between the two countries.”
For his part, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Syria reported that the Nassib-Jaber border crossing between Syria and Jordan is witnessing the arrival of travelers from Jordan towards Syria, while the movement of departures is limited to those holding foreign passports.
The crossing also witnessed the entry of 10 trucks into Syrian territory, carrying medical and food aid.
The Nassib-Jaber crossing is considered the only official crossing open between Syrian and Jordanian territories.
On December 6, Jordan decided to close the crossing following the developments that southern Syria was experiencing at that time.
@Manhattan Tribune Jordanian Minister of Industry: Allowing Jordanian trucks to enter #Syria starting tomorrow morning, Wednesday, through the Jaber border crossing #Urgent
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Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Al-Faraya said at the time that “the Jaber border crossing, opposite the Syrian Nassib crossing, was closed due to the surrounding security conditions in southern Syria.”
Since the start of the revolution in Syria in 2011, the crossing has been closed more than once, the first time in April 2015. Its closure continued for 3 years, and it was reopened in October 2018.
The two countries are connected by two main crossings: “Old Customs”, which is opposite “Ramtha” from the Jordanian side, and which has been out of service for years due to the repercussions of the crisis in Syria, and “Nasib”, which is opposite “Jaber” from Jordan.
On December 8, Syrian opposition factions took control of the capital, Damascus, and Bashar al-Assad fled with his family to Russia, ending 61 years of Baath Party rule and 53 years of Assad family rule.
