{"id":5492,"date":"2023-04-18T05:57:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T12:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=5492"},"modified":"2023-04-18T05:58:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T12:58:35","slug":"crossing-borders-episode-2-is-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=5492","title":{"rendered":"Crossing Borders-From Iraq to Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CROSSING BORDERS: From \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf6 IRAQ to \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddfc KUWAIT  by taxi- \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0627\u0642 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u064a\u062a \u0628\u0633\u064a\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0623\u062c\u0631\u0629\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1pXMXUNiq7E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kuwait City-<\/strong> Yesterday I went by taxi, foot, and bus from Basra to here in Kuwait City in my bid to explore the Middle East&#8217;s newly liberalising visa\/border policies on the ground. I wanted to compare this crossing with that of the Jordan one I had passed through a few weeks ago. The two experiences were absolutely nothing alike. Crossing into still troubled al-Anbar governorate from Jordan was tense and had a decent degree of uncertainty. Crossing into Jahra governorate in northern Kuwait was so safe it was boring by comparison. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuwait City- Yesterday I went by taxi, foot, and bus from Basra to here in Kuwait City in my bid to explore the Middle East&#8217;s newly liberalising visa\/border policies on the ground. 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