Road conditions in Syria on Saturday

Damascus, SANA-The Traffic Department at the Ministry of Interior on Saturday issued a list on the road conditions in the Syrian provinces due to the current weather as follows:

In Damascus Countryside, all main roads are open for traffic except some sub-roads such as the roads of Hina-Darbel-Erneh, Hina-Ein al-Shaara-Khirbat al-Souda, Erna- Bqasa’am,- al-Rima and Sasa-Hirna-Qatana-Kafar Qouq-Rakhla which are closed due to the accumulation of snow.

All the roads which lead to al-Zabadani area are hardly passable due to the accumulation of snow, except the road of al-Zabadani-Sirghayia and al-Zabadani-al-Rawda which are closed due to the snowdrift while all the roads in al-Tal area are barely open due to accumulation of snow.

In Hama, all the roads are open except the road of Shatha-Joubat Bourghal-Jourin-Slunfa which is not passable due to the snow.

In Lattakia, all main roads are open except the road of Aleppo-al-Kanisat which is closed due to the landslides.

In al-Qerdaha area, the roads of Joubat Burghal- al-Ghab and Markyia-Maqamat Bani Hashem, al-Qarandah-al-Sha’ara-al-Ghab are closed due to the snowdrift and the icy conditions.

In Sweida, all roads are open for traffic except the road of al-Mushannaf and the road of al-Tayyba-Dahir al-Jabal-Sali which are closed due to the accumulation of snow while the roads of Shahba-Nimra and the road which lead to Salkhad are hardly open due to the thick fog.

The Traffic Department called upon drivers to drive carefully, use fog lights, check the brakes and reduce speed to avoid traffic accidents.

R. al-Jazaeri/ Mazen

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