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Iraq
Damascus urges Iraq to reopen border crossing with Syria
2018-06-15
Normalization lights the end of the tunnel.
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Foreign Minister has received a message from his Syrian counterpart over intensifying efforts to re-open the border crossing between the two countries from west of Anbar in Iraq and al-Bu Kamal city in Syria.

Iraqi Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari highlighted, as he received the message from Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moallem, "necessity of cooperation between the two countries in order to resolve the Arab issues through political solutions without intervention in the countries’ affairs."

Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible...
the Syrian ambassador to Baghdad Setam Jadaan al-Dandah, who delivered the message, commanded Iraqi stances which supports resolving the Syrian issues peacefully. He also expressed his government’s desire to boost the bilateral cooperation to achieve stability.

Observers believe that reopening the border crossing could be dangerous as terrorist groups like Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
still exists in al-Bu Kamal, located on the right bank of Euphrates River, east of Syria, which is eight kilometers away from Iraqi-Syrian borders. However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds...
reopening the crossing could reinforce the security presence by both Iraqi and Syrian troops, which could prevent infiltration of bandidos murderous Moslems into Iraq.
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