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A war of crossings between the regime and the SDF: Who loses?
April 7, 2021
Dozens of Syrians walk through the al-Salihiyah crossing that links the Assad regime and Autonomous Administration areas in the eastern Deir e-Zor province, 3/31/2021 (Syria Direct)
AMMAN On March 23, the Syrian regime closed four of the five crossings with the Kurdish-dominated Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria (AANES)-administered areas. However, trade between the two sides had effectively stopped on March 19 after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which maintain military control over most of northeast Syria, temporarily closed those crossings as part of security measures for the Norouz holiday celebrated by Kurds on March 21.