Shafaq News-Al-Anbar
Iraq's onlyland crossing with Jordan, Trebil, is handling roughly 1,400 trucks a day, butshuts down overnight, creating bottlenecks that a senior local official saysare costing both countries trade.
Imadal-Rishawi, deputy commissioner of al-Rutba district in western al-Anbarprovince, told Shafaq News on Tuesday that extending operations at the crossingto 24 hours a day is necessary as import and export activity has surged inrecent weeks, with hundreds of loaded trucks crossing in both directions daily.
Thecrossing's external yards can absorb the rising volume, al-Rishawi said, “butthe bottleneck lies in administrative procedures that slow clearance and stackup waiting times.”
Al-Rishawisaid coordination with the Jordanian side has become essential, and that a24-hour crossing would directly ease congestion and strengthen economic tiesbetween the two countries.