Border reopening offers new hope for Syrian refugees in Jordan
Since the border crossing between Jordan and Syria reopened last October, Amman has been taking steps to normalise relations with the Damascus regime.
A Jordanian policeman opens the gate of Jordan's Jaber border crossing checkpoint near Syria's Nasib checkpoint, near Marfaq, Jordan, October 15, 2018.
The border crossing between Jordan and Syria reopened to people and goods in October 2018 after being closed for three years.
Since reopening a route that used to carry billions of dollars of trade for countries across the region, Amman has been taking steps to normalise relations with the Damascus regime.
"The relations between Jordan and Syria are historic, it's not only about the border and the economy. There's a deeper relationship, deeper than political relations. We cannot divide ourselves from the situation in Syria," said Nedal al Taany, a Jordanian lawmaker.
TRT World's Rahul Radhakrishnan reports on what the reopening may mean for Syrian refugees living in Jordan.
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