Crossing between opposing forces opens near Idlib, Syria
Despite sporadic fighting, a crossing between forces of the Syrian regime and its opposition has reopened in Morek.
ALEPPO, Syria — The Morek crossing is open once again to traffic between areas controlled by the Syrian regime and those held by the armed opposition. Commercial traffic began using the crossing Nov. 2 for the first time in three months, and civilians were allowed to enter beginning Nov. 8.
“Dozens of public transport buses crossed from both sides between regime-controlled areas and opposition-held ones in the northern Hama countryside," Mohammad al-Sayyed, an official with the media office of the Morek City Council, told Al-Monitor. "Civilian movement is going smoothly. The majority are elderly people crossing into regime-controlled areas to visit their relatives or get to hospitals. Some students are making their way into universities in regime-held areas.”
