Sensitive and strategic border crossing between Iraq-Syria opens
That may lead to concerns that the crossing will be part of Iran’s “land bridge” stretching across Iraq into Syria and Lebanon which Iran uses to support its allies across the region.
Security forces are seen at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing, after it has been reopened for trade and travel, in Al Qaim, Iraq September 30, 2019(photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
