TRTal Abyad
Operatingchecked
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.
Routes through Tal Abyad
- Overland · from Şanlıurfa~2.5 h
verifiedSource: General Authority for Ports and Customschecked 13 Oct 2026
Road from here to each city
fly.sy estimates in hours, not counting the wait at the border.
- Raqqa~1.5 h
- Deir ez-Zor~3.5 h
- Aleppo~3.5 h
- Qamishli~4 h
- Idlib~4.5 h
- Hama~5 h
- Homs~5.5 h
- Latakia~6 h
- Tartus~6.5 h
- Damascus~7.5 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
- 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.