DUBAI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered the upgrade of a border crossing with Iraq and turning it into a trading route, daily press Baghdad Today reported.
Rouhani called on Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Minister of Roads and Urban Development to work on the reformation of the commercial border of Sumar. “Sumar could be a border city for exchanging goods with Iraq,” he said.
He added that by the end of the year, positive steps will be taken in the western provinces of Ilam, Kamarshah and Khuzestan.
Rouhani also said Iran is designing a pipeline for irrigation and drainage to service 18,000 hectares of land in the west of the country, with more than 10,000 hectares prepared so far.
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Iran’s Sumar border crossing with Iraq to be transformed into trading route
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Iran’s Sumar border crossing with Iraq to be transformed into trading route
- Rouhani called on Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif and Minister of Roads and Urban Development to work on the reformation of the commercial border of Sumar
Syrian authorities find remains of five victims of Assad regime
- The remains of the individuals were scattered on open ground near a house in the village of Al-Qashla, near Manbij
LONDON: Syrian authorities completed the recovery of the remains of at least five individuals in eastern Aleppo province, believed to have died due to the brutal practices of the deposed Bashar Assad regime.
The Syrian Civil Defense found the remains of individuals scattered on open ground near a house in the village of Al-Qashla, near Manbij, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency.
They have been surveying and investigating the area since Monday, when the first report of human remains came through, in coordination with the National Authority for the Missing.
Authorities have found multiple mass graves in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.
Last week, authorities reported that the remains of 14 individuals were found in the Adra industrial area, northeast of Damascus, during excavation for mill foundations in the area.
According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, nearly 177,000 people have been forcibly disappeared in Syria since March 2011.
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