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REPORT: Syria says road to Jordan crossing is ready, studies opening

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The road to Syria's border crossing with Jordan, closed by conflict in 2011, is ready for use and Damascus is looking at prospects of reopening it after recovering the border from rebels, the Syrian transport minister said on Monday (July 30).

Billions of dollars in annual trade moved through the Nassib crossing before fighting erupted in 2011, and its closure has weighed on the economy of Syria and neighboring states.

Syrian Transport Minister Ali Hammoud said foreign airlines in European and Arab countries were expressing interest in flying to Syria again and the government had received requests from more than 12 airlines to fly to Syria.

But he said foreign states, which he did not identify, were trying to prevent them from launching services to Syria, which is under Western sanctions.

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