Al-Akkari

Al Akarri railway station, looking west. The former Palestine Railway route to Tripoli, Lebanon to the left; the route to the port of Tartus to the right

Al-Akkari is a town in the Homs Governorate, in northern Syria. It was historically situated in an important crossroad for those moving between Turkey and coastal city of Beirut, Lebanon. A major road hub during both the Roman and Ottoman periods, the Palestine Railway built by the French passed through the al-Akkari. Reconnected after World War II, the railway was disconnected during the 1970s. The national railway operator, Chemins de Fer Syriens, still has an operational station in the town