Al-Zaidi's trip to Damascus; Warning about the transfer of terrorist elements to Iraq A Syrian political source warned against the security consequences of Ali al-Zaidi's trip to Damascus and emphasized that America and Turkey are trying to use the reopening of the border crossings to transfer terrorist elements to Iraq. This Syrian source stated in an interview with "Al-Maluma" that Al-Zaidi's trip to Damascus was not carried out in a normal framework, but resulted from strong pressure from Thom Barak, the American envoy, to reopen the border crossings between Iraq and Syria, under the heading of economic and humanitarian cooperation. - Link.