| M5 Motorway | |
|---|---|
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| Route information | |
| Length | 450 km (280 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Border with Jordan (Highway 15) |
| To | North-West of Aleppo |
| Location | |
| Country | Syria |
| Highway system | |
The M5 Motorway is the most important motorway in Syria due to its length and function as the country network's south-north backbone. It is known as the "International Road."[1] It connects the border with Jordan in the south with Damascus, the country's political capital, and continues further north through Aleppo, the country's economic capital and second largest city, to the border with Turkey in the north.[1][2]
Other cities connected by this motorway are Daraa, Al Nabk, Homs and Hama. Its length is 450 kilometres (280 mi).[1] It intersects with the M4 Motorway near Saraqib, which is the main highway from Aleppo to the port of Latakia running parallel to the border with Turkey.[2]
- ^ a b c Karam, Zeina (14 February 2020). "AP Explains: Why Syria's M5 is Assad's highway to victory". Associated Press. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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