TRBab al-Salama
Operatingchecked
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.
Routes through Bab al-Salama
- Overland · from Gaziantep~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.
- Aleppo~1 h
- Idlib~1.5 h
- Hama~3 h
- Raqqa~3.5 h
- Homs~3.5 h
- Latakia~3.5 h
- Tartus~4.5 h
- Deir ez-Zor~5.5 h
- Damascus~5.5 h
- Qamishli~6.5 h
- Daraa~7 h
- Sweida~7 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
- Open to Syrians, Turkish citizens and dual nationals only.
Pre-approval
- Open to Syrians, Turkish citizens and dual nationals only.
Experiences from here
No published experiences from here yet.