Syria Reopens Nuseib Border Crossing with Jordan, Forms Security Committee to Enhance Field and Intelligence Coordination

Syrian authorities reopened the Nussayb border crossing with Jordan yesterday, a day after it was closed in the wake of bloody airstrikes carried out by the Jordanian Air Force on Daraa, which killed seven civilians, including children. The Syrian General Authority for Crossings and Customs announced yesterday that the movement of passengers and commercial trucks through the Nussayb crossing had resumed, with transit traffic returning to normal in both directions. It clarified via its Telegram channel that staff at the crossing had resumed providing their services to passengers and commercial trucks in a routine manner, while taking necessary measures to ensure the smooth flow of transit and provide required facilitations, as part of the General Authority’s efforts to enhance the efficiency of border crossings.

This development followed a phone call made by Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi to his Syrian counterpart, Asaad Al-Shaybani, the night before yesterday. In a joint statement, Safadi affirmed “Jordan’s full respect for Syria’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security,” and expressed “deep regret and sorrow over the loss of innocent civilian lives,” stressing that Jordan considers Syria’s security and stability an integral part of its own, and that it values the unprecedented close cooperation and coordination that have characterized the historic fraternal relations between the two countries and their peoples. According to the statement, Syria and Jordan agreed to establish a joint security committee to examine the details and facts of Jordan’s recent military operations and monitor their repercussions, in a move aimed at enhancing field and intelligence coordination between the two countries to confront terrorist threats and protect civilians, while reaffirming respect for Syrian sovereignty and the strength of relations between Damascus and Amman.

According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the two ministers emphasized during the call the deep historical roots of the distinguished fraternal relations binding the two countries and their peoples, and their shared commitment to strengthening and developing these ties across various fields, and to overcoming any issues that might strain them through frank, responsible, and fraternal dialogue, based on the firm conviction that the security of both countries is interconnected and that they share a common destiny. Safadi stressed that the bombing operations were based on field intelligence and aimed at neutralizing confirmed threats and imminent terrorist operations targeting Jordan’s security.