The Syrian authorities and the Iraqi Kurdistan government agreed to close the Iraq-Syria border in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus in 2020 .
2 March : The government of Iraqi Kurdistan , in a rare collaboration with its Syrian counterpart , ordered complete closure of Iraq-Syria border to halt the spread.10 March : The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that there have been outbreaks of COVID-19 in Tartous , Damascus , Homs and Latakia provinces .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Syria