ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s land border crossings with neighboring countries remain open and commercial activity continues despite the regional conflict, the Iraqi border authority said on Saturday.
“All of Iraq's land border crossings are open. Commercial movement is normal and the import of goods through the crossings continues,” Alauddin al-Qaisi, spokesperson for the Iraqi Border Ports Commission, told Rudaw.
However, he said Iraq’s airports remain closed due to the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority on Saturday extended the closure of the country’s airspace for another 72 hours.
Omar al-Waeli, head of the Border Ports Commission, told Iraqi state media on Saturday that staff are fully deployed at the country’s seaports “and have started bringing in all those containers that have completed their legal procedures.”
He added that land crossings, including Trebil, Arar, Safwan, and al-Qaim, remain ready to operate as alternatives if any of the country’s seaports “stop functioning.