Iraq reopens border crossing point with Jordan

Iraq reopened its Trebil border crossing point with Jordan on Monday, the state-run Petra news agency reported. Jordan's Ministry of Transport said the flow of passengers and commodities from and to Trebil went back to normal after the Iraqi authorities closed the border for security reasons in April. The ministry said Trebil is the only border crossing point with Iraq and witnesses an extensive movement of commercial activities. Late April, Iraq said it has blocked its border crossing point with neighboring Jordan due to the ongoing anti-government Sunni protests and security deterioration in the western province of Anbar. The closure of the border negatively affected the commercial traffic between Iraq and Jordan which has been active lately, mainly due to the paralysis of commercial movement between Iraq and Syria.