Aleppo- al-Musil railway line operated

The Syrian official news agency said yesterday evening that the railway line which links Aleppo in Syria and al-Musil in Iraq will open on November 21st.

The agency said that the decision was taken by the two railway companies in each of Syria and Iraq. The agency continued that one weekly trip will start on Thursday evening from Aleppo and will stop in five stations before arriving in al-Musil.

The trip will take 11 hours to cross the distance between the two cities of 746 kilometers. Railways trips were resumed in July between the two states after the fall of the former regime of Saddam Hussein. Aleppo- Baghdad railway line was inaugurated by the end of September.