From Damascus to Iraq
Every way we know from Damascus to Iraq, fastest first; conditional, unconfirmed and closed ways come after the ones that simply run. Only flights and crossings we have checked leaving Syria are listed, each with its source and the date it was checked.
Fastest way from Damascus to Iraq today: fly from Damascus airport, about 2 hours door to door (checked 8 Oct 2026). 6 of 6 known routes are running.
Damascus airportFastestFlights: 22 h30 min by road from DamascusFlight 1 h 30 min – 1 h 40 min
Flights from Damascus airport
- Fly Cham Baghdad2 h
Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays (XH501).
Damascus → Damascus airport 30 min · 1 h 30 min to Baghdad
verifiedSource: Damascus airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Fly Cham → - Fly Cham Erbil2 h 10 min
Thursdays to Sundays (XH521).
Damascus → Damascus airport 30 min · 1 h 40 min to Erbil
verifiedSource: Damascus airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Fly Cham →
By road, then from Aleppo airportFlights: 16 h
Flights from Aleppo airport
- Fly Cham Erbil6 h
Tuesdays (XH525).
Damascus → Aleppo airport 4 h 30 min · 1 h 30 min to Erbil
verifiedSource: Aleppo airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Fly Cham →
Al-Yarubiyahto Mosul12 h 30 min
Routes through Al-Yarubiyah
Overland Mosul12 h 30 min
8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Iraq decides who may enter, and we have no official source for its rules here.
Damascus → Al-Yarubiyah 10 h · 2 h 30 min to Mosul
verifiedSource: General Authority for Ports and Customschecked 1 Oct 2026
Semalkato Erbil14 h
Routes through Semalka
Overland Erbil14 h
Into Iraq's Kurdistan Region. Iraq decides who may enter, and we have no official source for its rules here.
Damascus → Semalka 10 h · 4 h to Erbil
verifiedSource: General Authority for Ports and Customschecked 8 Oct 2026
Abu Kamalto Al-Qa'im10 hConditional
Routes through Abu Kamal
Overland Al-Qa'imConditional
We have no recent official word on conditions for travellers here.
Damascus → Abu Kamal 8 h · 2 h to Al-Qa'im
verifiedSource: General Authority for Ports and Customschecked 8 Oct 2026
Times are estimates and usually include waiting at the crossing