Maintenance process is still going on at the Pish Khabour crossing

ARK News: The border crossing between the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the Kurdistan region of Syria is still closed due to heavy rains and high water levels The border crossing between the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the Kurdistan region of Syria is still closed due to heavy rains and high water levels and forming flash Floods throughout the region which led to damage to the dam where the concerned parties are doing the necessary maintenance to resume the transit movement..

A private source from the Pish Khabour crossing told the ARK media foundation, that the crossing is still closed and that the process of required maintenance is carried on in an accelerated pace of completion of maintenance from the removal of muds and the filling of the damaged areas as a result of the flow of torrential floods and rising water level of the river

The same source added that once the necessary repairs and full maintenance have been completed, the crossing process, particularly urgent humanitarian cases, will continue, as well as the entry of trucks loaded with goods between the two sides of the border.

It is worth mentioning that the heavy stormy rain that hit the whole of Kurdistan led to the formation of torrential floods, which led to the demolition of many houses in addition to the demolition of some bridges and dams.

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