Aljazeera.Net - Syria-Lebanon trade slows
Traffic and trade have fallen victim to strained ties since Syria withdrew its troops from Lebanon under Lebanese and international pressure.
"I have never seen anything like this in decades," said Hassun, a taxi driver who makes a living transporting passengers the 85km distance between the Lebanese and Syrian capitals.
"Usually it is easy to cross the Syrian border post at Jdeide, but the past few weeks it has been infernal," said Hassun after spending 45 minutes stuck at a Syrian military roadblock near the border.
"They interrogated us, searched the car and the passengers and confiscated some consumer goods. The people are fed up," Hassun said.
The drive from Beirut to Damascus used to take two hours, but things have drastically changed since Syria's April withdrawal from the smaller neighbour it dominated politically and militarily for three decades.
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