IQAbu Kamal
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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.
Routes through Abu Kamal
- Overland · from Al-Qa'im~2 h
verifiedSource: General Authority for Ports and Customschecked 8 Oct 2026
Road from here to each city
fly.sy estimates in hours, not counting the wait at the border.
- Deir ez-Zor~2 h
- Raqqa~4 h
- Qamishli~4 h
- Homs~7 h
- Aleppo~7 h
- Hama~7.5 h
- Idlib~8 h
- Damascus~8 h
- Latakia~8.5 h
- Tartus~8.5 h
- Daraa~9 h
- Sweida~9 h
What you need to cross here
Syrian
- Around 391,000 voluntary returns through the crossings in the first half of 2026, over 24,000 through Nasib.
Source: SANA
- If you live in Türkiye: since 1 January 2026, Syrians with a Turkish residence or work permit can enter and leave Syria through Kasab, Bab al-Hawa, al-Hamam, Bab al-Salama, Al-Rai and Jarablus. For anyone else, such as people under temporary protection, we have no current official source — check before you travel.
- If you fly or sail into Lebanon to cross overland to Syria, Lebanese General Security gives you a 24-hour transit permit on your passport (rules of 24 September 2026).
Source: Lebanese General Security
Visa on arrival
- The visa is issued at the crossing: a short form and a stamp, in and out.
Source: Tour operators working in Syria
- US-dollar cash. No cards, no ATM. Bring clean undamaged notes.
Source: Foreign government travel advisories
- Lebanese, Jordanian, Malaysian and Mauritanian citizens are exempt from the fee.
Source: Tour operators working in Syria
Pre-approval
- Prior approval is mandatory even by land.
Source: Tour operators working in Syria
Experiences from here
No published experiences from here yet.