Crossing between regime and opposition-held area closes after violence

A key crossing inside Syria between an area held by the government and one held by the opposition was closed again on Tuesday after violence followed its brief reopening this week.

A local activist and a war monitor said that opposition groups protested the reopening of the Abu Al-Zandin crossing in Aleppo province, which had been closed since 2020, and that it was twice hit by artillery shelling.

A few trucks on Sunday moved through the crossing in what appeared to be a trial reopening. The move was met by protests and the crossing was hit by artillery shelling from an unknown source on Monday and again on Tuesday.