Will reopening of border crossing drive Saudi investment in Iraq? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Adnan Abu Zeed

Adnan Abu Zeed

Nov 25, 2020

An Iraqi woman on the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca walks to a waiting coach after passing through passport control at the Arar border crossing with Saudi Arabia on Nov. 11, 2009. The border crossing has recently reopened to commercial traffic. — MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP via Getty Images

Iraqi women ready to board a coach, part of a convoy, heading south of the Iraqi city of Karbala some 120 kilometers (74 miles) from the capital Baghdad, toward the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, Nov. 22, 2008.

Iraq moves forward with building pilgrim route to Saudi Arabia

Adnan Abu Zeed

An Iraqi woman stands at passport control as she waits to have her passport stamped at the Arar southern Iraqi border crossing with Saudi Arabia on November 11, 2009. A group of Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims left their homes in the city of Karbala to join an overland tour that will taken them to the Saudi holy city of Mecca where they will take part in the annual Hajj or pilgrimages. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED SAWAF (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP via Getty Images)

Iraq-Saudi border crossing reopens after 30 years

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 21, 2017. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC122DCA3BC0

Saudi Arabia, Iran vie for economic influence in Iraq

Adnan Abu Zeed

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Kadhimi deepens cooperation with Saudi Arabia, UAE in Gulf tour

Hassan al-Mustafa

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