The financial prospects of reopening Nassib Border Crossing: has Syrian regime achieved any?
Naseeb Border Crossing (Syrian Ministry of Information)
Enab Baladi – Jana al-Issa
On 15 October 2018, the Jordanian and Syrian authorities agreed to reopen the Jaber- Nassib border crossing after a three-year closure it was controlled by the Syrian opposition
to restore trade relations between the two countries.
The Syrian regime reopened this route for its political and economic significance. This route, which used to carry billions of dollars of trade for countries throughout the region, can bring the Syrian regime considerable financial returns, which mitigate the consequences of the US embargo on Syria.
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Israel chief auditor announces probe in deadly stampede
Officials had authorized 10,000 pilgrims to attend this year, but several Israeli media outlets reported that 100,000 people showed up at Mount Meron. AFP could not confirm that figure
Updated 04 May 2021
May 04, 2021 01:18
JERUSALEM: Israel’s state comptroller has announced the launch of an investigation into a stampede that killed 45 pilgrims at a religious festival, saying the crush “could have been prevented.”
At least 16 children and teens were among those crushed to death in the early hours of Friday morning, a tragedy described as Israel’s worst peacetime disaster.
Tens of thousands had packed a site at Mount Meron in northern Israel for the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of reputed second century Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, coinciding with the Lag BaOmer holiday. The tragedy “could have been prevented, and we must now determine how,” Matanyahu Englman told journalists as he announced a “special audit”
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