Land crossings

The status of every land border into Syria today, from Lebanon, Jordan, Türkiye and Iraq: open or closed, who is allowed through, and the source behind each line.

• LBJdeidet Yabous

  checked 8 Oct 2026

  Operating

  Reopened 9 April 2026 after a precautionary closure, open 24 hours. It closes and reopens with the security situation — check on the day.

  Source: General Authority for Ports and Customs

  Routes through Jdeidet Yabous: Beirut · Beirut, then overland

• LBAl-Arida

  checked 8 Oct 2026

  Closed

  Closed to travellers since 6 August 2026 while the crossing's bridge is rebuilt. On 24 September the ports authority said it would reopen soon, with no date. Cross at Joussieh or Jdeidet Yabous instead.

  Source: SANA

  Routes through Al-Arida: Tripoli

• LBJoussieh

  checked 20 Sept 2026

  Operating

  Source: SANA

  Routes through Joussieh: the Bekaa

• LBJisr Qamar

  checked 1 Oct 2026

  Conditional

  Buqaia in Wadi Khaled (Akkar) on the Lebanese side. Reopened on 4 May 2026 for people on foot only — no cars, no freight — from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. About 100,000 travellers by early August. We don't know whether foreigners may use it.

  Source: General Authority for Ports and Customs

  Routes through Jisr Qamar: Tripoli

• JONasib

  checked 8 Oct 2026

  Operating

  About 2.2 million travellers from January to early August 2026, open 24 hours. Crossing can take many hours (six on a Friday in September, in one traveller's report). Expansion and paving work has been under way since late September.

  Source: General Authority for Ports and Customs

  Routes through Nasib: Amman

• TRBab al-Hawa

  checked 8 Oct 2026

  Operating

  For Syrians, Turkish citizens and dual nationals. Foreign visitors are generally not admitted from the Turkish side.

  Source: General Authority for Ports and Customs

  Routes through Bab al-Hawa: Gaziantep

• TRBab al-Salama

  checked 8 Oct 2026

  Operating

  Öncüpınar (Kilis) on the Turkish side. The busiest crossing with Türkiye, with over 1.2 million travellers from January to August 2026, open 24 hours. For Syrians and Turkish citizens; foreign visitors are generally not admitted from the Turkish side.

  Source: General Authority for Ports and Customs

  Routes through Bab al-Salama: Gaziantep

• TRAl-Rai

  checked 8 Oct 2026

  Operating

  Çobanbey (Kilis) on the Turkish side. About 181,000 travellers in the first seven months of 2026. Usually open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Yard and road works began at the end of September. For Syrians and Turkish citizens; foreign visitors are generally not admitted from the Turkish side.

  Source: General Authority for Ports and Customs

  Routes through Al-Rai: Gaziantep

• TRJarablus

  checked 1 Oct 2026

  Operating

  Karkamış (Gaziantep) on the Turkish side. About 71,000 travellers from January to early August 2026. Usually open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. For Syrians and Turkish citizens; foreign visitors are generally not admitted from the Turkish side.

  Source: General Authority for Ports and Customs

  Routes through Jarablus: Gaziantep

• TRTal Abyad

  checked 13 Oct 2026

  Operating

  Akçakale (Şanlıurfa) on the Turkish side. It works both ways: in the first half of 2026, 45,000 travellers entered Syria here and 30,000 left. Since 12 May 2026 it lets set groups through towards Türkiye: Turkish citizens, Syrians with dual nationality, and Syrians with a valid Turkish residence permit or a work permit that counts as one. About 100,000 travellers from January to early August. Opening hours are not published.

  Source: General Authority for Ports and Customs

  Routes through Tal Abyad: Şanlıurfa

• TRKasab

  checked 1 Oct 2026

  Operating

  Yayladağı (Hatay) on the Turkish side. About 121,000 travellers from January to early August 2026. Usually open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. For Syrians and Turkish citizens; foreign visitors are generally not admitted from the Turkish side.

  Source: General Authority for Ports and Customs

  Routes through Kasab: Antakya (Hatay)

• IQAbu Kamal

  checked 8 Oct 2026

  Conditional

  About 87,000 travellers crossed in both directions from January to early August 2026, by the ports authority's count. We have no recent official word on conditions for travellers here — check before you go.

  Source: General Authority for Ports and Customs

  Routes through Abu Kamal: Al-Qa'im

• IQSemalka

  checked 8 Oct 2026

  Operating

  The ports authority announced on 23 September that it would work around the clock from 1 October 2026, for travellers and trade; we have not yet seen confirmation that this started. It links Fishkhabour in Iraq's Kurdistan Region with Hasakah governorate. A visa on arrival for foreign visitors here is not confirmed — check before you go.

  Source: General Authority for Ports and Customs

  Routes through Semalka: Erbil

• IQAl-Yarubiyah

  checked 1 Oct 2026

  Operating

  Rabia (Nineveh) on the Iraqi side. Reopened to travellers on 23 April 2026, for passengers and freight, 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Whether foreigners can enter here is not confirmed — check before you go.

  Source: General Authority for Ports and Customs

  Routes through Al-Yarubiyah: Mosul