Saudi Arabia to reopen Iraq Border after 27 years August 17, 2017
Saudi Arabia to reopen Iraq Border after 27 years
August 17, 2017
Saudi Arabia is reportedly planning to re-open the Arar [Ar’ar] border crossing with Iraq for the first time since 1990.
Sohaib al-Rawi, the governor of Anbar province, is quoted as saying that the Iraqi government had deployed troops to protect the desert route leading to Arar and called its opening a “significant move” to boost ties.
The border was closed after the two countries cut ties following Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.