{"id":"n_4dyem757zpi5cux2ohaa","seq":9473390,"kind":"article","title":"Crucial Syria-Lebanon border crossing reopens after two years","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/11/10/crucial-syria-lebanon-border-crossing-reopens-after-two-years","summary":"A vital Lebanon-Syria border crossing has reopened after two years, with officials saying it could handle up to 10,000 passengers and 200 lorries a day. The Abboudieh-Dabbousieh crossing between northern Lebanon's Akkar region and Syria's Homs province was closed after Israel bombed it in November 2024 amid its all-out war with Iran-backed Hezbollah . Former Syrian president Bashar Al Assad's regime, a key ally of Hezbollah, was still in power at the time and the border…","published":"2026-11-10T13:55:22Z","seen":"2026-11-10T14:40:13Z","lang":"en","country":"AE","source":{"id":"kite-thenationalnews-com-2cb87a","name":"thenationalnews.com","domain":"thenationalnews.com"},"via":"kite-thenationalnews-com-2cb87a","topics":["middle-east"],"authors":["Jamie Prentis"],"image":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/resizer/v2/BYLBHTJUUFEVLN5WF3XNE5XLNM.jpg?auth=914ab15d46537f4ac08a8fcb28007a51b6e90f7f1c1cecc54d768f8d448c2cfa&height=3150&smart=true&width=4724","mentions":2,"story":"st_3jmfwwko7tharnj5uoza","category":"conflict-war","category_p":0.34,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.33,"political":0.62}