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.

(Sources: Al Jazeera, Reuters, Rudaw) https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/201...fter-27-years/