Arab Mashreq International Road Network

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The Arab Mashreq international Road Network is an international road network between the primarily Arab countries of the Mashriq (Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman and Yemen). In addition, part of the network passes through Israel, which is not a party to the agreement that created it as well as non-Arab parts of the region. The network is a result of the 2001 Agreement on International Roads in the Arab Mashreq, a United Nations multilateral treaty that entered into force in 2003 and has been ratified by 13 of the 14 (all except Israel) countries that the network serves. [1] [2]

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Route List

NumberSummaryRoutenotes
Mashreq-M5.gif Iraq, East Arabian Peninsula Zakho- MosulBaghdadSamawaBasrahSafwan AbdallyKuwait CityNuwayseeb KhafjiAbu HadriyahDammamHufufSalwaBatha'a – Al-GhuwaifatAbu DhabiDubaiFujairahKalba Khatmat MalahawSoharMuscatNizwaThumraytSalalah The section Dammam – Hufuf – Salwa will eventually be replaced by the coastal road (Dammam – Salwa) upon its completion. Connected to the European route E90 of the European International E-road network
Mashreq-M7.gif Abu Dhabi – SoharAbu Dhabi – Al-AynAl-BuraimiSohar
Mashreq-M9.gif Al-Ayn – NizwaAl-Ain – MazyadHafit – Nizwa
Mashreq-M10.gif Northern Iraq – East Mediterranean Haj OmranErbilMosulRabieyyah YaroubiaQamishliAleppoLattakia Connected to AH2 of the Asian Highway Network
Mashreq-M15.gif Aleppo – RamadiAleppo – Deir Ez-ZorAlbu Kamal Al-Qa'emRamadi
Mashreq-M20.gif Central SyriaQamishli – Hasakah – Deir Ez-Zor – HomsTartus
Mashreq-M25.gif Petroleum Pipeline HadithahAr'arHafar El-Batin – Abu Hadriyah
Mashreq-M30.gif Western Iraq – Eastern Mediterranean RutbahAl-Walid TanfDamascusJedeidet Yabus Masna'Beirut
Mashreq-M35.gif Middle Arabian peninsula AmmanAzraqOmari HadithahSakakahHa'ilBuraydaRiyadhAl Kharj
Mashreq-M40.gif Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Western Israel, and the Mediterranean Southern Coast Munthareya- KhanaqinBaghdadRamadiRutbahTarabil Karamah – Al AzraqAmmanKing Hussein BridgeJerusalem Ashdod GazaRafahArishKantara BridgePort SaidAlexandriaAs Sallum Connected to AH2 of the Asian Highway Network and Trans-African Highway Route 1
Mashreq-M45.gif Syria – Jordan – Saudi Arabia – Yemen Bab Al HawaAleppoHomsDamascusNasib Jaber -AlsarhanAmmanQetranehJorofMa'anAl Mudawara Halat AmmarTabukQalibaMedinaMeccaAbhaElb BaqimSanaaTa'izz
Mashreq-M47.gif Ma'an – Aqaba Ma'anAqaba
Mashreq-M50.gif Baghdad – Cairo BaghdadKarbalaAl NukhaibJedeidat Ar'ar Jedeidat Ar'arAr'arSakakahQalibaTabukAd-DurraAqaba Eilat NuweibaNekhelShattCairo
Mashreq-M51.gif Eastern Mediterranean Coast KasabLattakiaTartusDabboussieh AbboudiehTripoliBeirutNaqoura
Mashreq-M55.gif Sinai – East Red Sea ArishNakhelNuweiba Eilat Aqaba – Ad-Durra – DhubaYanbuRabighJeddahDarbAt Tuwal HaradHodeidahAl-Mukha
Mashreq-M60.gif Western Saudi Arabia – Upper Egypt Dhuba Ferry Sign.svg SafagaQenaMutt
Mashreq-M65.gif Red Sea – West Coast IsmailiaSuezSafagaHalayeb
Mashreq-M70.gif Kuwait – Yanbu Al-KuwaitAs-Salmi Ar-RuqiHafar al-BatinAl ArtawiyahBuraydaMedinaYanbu Eventually a section will be added upon being completed, branching off from this route at Artawiya and heading east to Jubail via Abu Hadriya
Mashreq-M75.gif Nile Valley AlexandriaCairoQenaArqin
Mashreq-M80.gif Manama – Jeddah Manama -King Fahd Causeway- DammamRiyadhMeccaJeddah
Mashreq-M90.gif Doha – Ad-Darb DohaAbu Samra Salwah- Batha'aHaradhAl KharjSulayyilAbhaAd-Darb
Mashreq-M100.gif Southern Arabian Peninsula ThumraytMazyounah ShahanAl Ghaydah – Al-MukallaAden – Ta'izz – Al-Mukha

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