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Syrian foreign minister visits Iraq, calls for reopening of border
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Posted on March 14, 2025
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Posted on March 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Syria's foreign minister visits Iraq to discuss reopening the border, enhancing trade, and cooperating against Islamic State. Both nations stress security collaboration.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Syria's foreign minister made his first visit to Iraq since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and called on Baghdad to reopen the border between the two countries that it had shut in the wake of the revolt that toppled him.
Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said the aim of Friday's visit was to enhance trade between the two countries, and reopening the border would be a fundamental step in doing so.
Iraq, which battled Islamic State fighters that captured territory on both sides of the border from 2014-2017, shut the frontier on security grounds following the revolt that toppled Assad.
Shibani said that Damascus was ready to cooperate with Baghdad in combating Islamic State, adding that "Syria's security is integral to Iraq's security".
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein also stressed the importance of international coordination to fight Islamic State.
(Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed and Muayad Kenany; Writing by Enas Alashray; Editing by Alison Williams)
The main topic is the Syrian foreign minister's visit to Iraq to discuss reopening the border for trade and security cooperation.
The border was closed due to security concerns following the revolt that toppled Bashar al-Assad and the threat from Islamic State.
Reopening the border is significant for enhancing trade between Syria and Iraq and for joint efforts in combating Islamic State.
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