Commercial traffic rises at Iraq's Trebil and Al-Waleed crossings, with about 1,000 tankers leaving daily

Commercial traffic has increased at two of Iraq's western border crossings. Imad Al-Rishawi, commissioner of the Al-Rutba district in western Al-Anbar province, told Shafaq News that about 1,000 tankers leave daily through the Trebil crossing with Jordan and the Al-Waleed crossing with Syria, with a similar number of empty tankers entering. The report was published on Wednesday, 14 Mordad 1405 (5 August 2026).

Al-Rishawi attributed the increase to security stability along the trade routes, which has eased the flow of cross border exchange. He said the two crossings still require infrastructure rehabilitation to match current traffic volumes.

Al-Rutba is a district in western Al-Anbar province bordering both Jordan and Syria. Busier traffic on these routes bears on the cost and transit time of goods moving between Iraq and its western neighbours, a corridor that, alongside Iraq's eastern borders with Iran, carries part of the region's trade.