The Syrian General Authority for Ports and Customs announced the temporary closure of the Ras al-Ain border crossing with Turkey, pending rehabilitation work and its service return.
Mazen Alloush, the director of public relations at the authority, said in a recorded video on Sunday evening, 25 January, that the decision came after a field visit by a delegation from the authority’s leadership to the Ras al-Ain crossing, following the reopening of the road leading to the area. The visit aimed to assess operations on the ground and evaluate the crossing’s readiness.
Alloush said the crossing is in extremely poor condition and lacks the most basic requirements needed to function as an operational border point.
He added that the crossing has no suitable infrastructure, whether for passenger halls or cargo yards, which, he said, contradicts border work requirements as well as adopted safety and organizational standards.
The authority will keep the Ras al-Ain crossing closed temporarily until a comprehensive plan is prepared to rebuild it in line with required standards.
Alloush noted that the crossing will remain open for patients, humanitarian and emergency cases, as well as relief shipments bound for residents in the area.
Local sources told Enab Baladi that the crossing had previously been managed by a man named Ahmad Bulad, the brother of Sayf Bulad, who currently commands the Syrian Army’s 76th Division.
During that period, the crossing faced a range of structural and administrative problems, most notably deteriorating infrastructure. The roads leading to the crossing were in poor condition, preventing trucks and transport vehicles from passing normally.
In addition, the crossing lacked basic services for travelers, including rest areas and service facilities, which increased hardship for those crossing.
According to the sources, corruption allegations were also raised at the time. The crossing was under the management of the Syrian Interim Government, without what the sources described as effective oversight.
The sources also pointed to financial irregularities, including the failure to regularly transfer the financial shares due to the local council. In 2021, the local council formally objected to appointing Ahmad Bulad to run the crossing and called for assigning someone from Ras al-Ain (al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria) instead.
Although the local council staged a week-long work stoppage in protest of the decision, the objection did not lead to any change, amid the broad influence Ahmad Bulad was said to have held, backed by his brother’s leadership role.
The head of the General Authority for Ports and Customs, Qutaiba Badawi, carried out an inspection tour on 24 January, accompanied by his deputy for customs affairs and directors of central departments. The tour included the customs directorate in Raqqa city (northern Syria) and the Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain border crossings with Turkey. The delegation reviewed customs and administrative operations, infrastructure conditions, technical equipment, and mechanisms governing procedures.
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