Semalka Border Crossing

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Semalka Border Crossing

معبر سيمالكا الحدودي / Deriyê Sêmalka
The pontoon bridge at Semalka.jpg
Border crossing at Semalka between Iraq and Syria on the Tigris River for trading food, oil, electronics, and other goods.
Coordinates 37°05′22″N42°21′00″E / 37.089323°N 42.349890°E / 37.089323; 42.349890
CarriesPedestrians, vehicles, containers
Crosses Tigris River
Locale Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Khanik, Syria
Flag of Kurdistan.svg Faysh Khabur, Kurdistan Region
Begins Khanik, Syria
Ends Faysh Khabur, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Official nameSemalka Border Crossing
Maintained byFlag of the Syrian revolution.svgDe facto SA-NES Flag.svg Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Flag of Kurdistan.svg  Iraqi Kurdistan
Website semalka.com
Characteristics
DesignPontoon bridge
Traversable?Yes
History
OpenedPermanently open since June 2016
Statistics
Daily traffic Trade (food, oil, electronics, and other goods)
Location
Semalka Border Crossing

Semalka Border Crossing (Arabic : معبر سيمالكا الحدودي; Kurdish : Deriyê Sêmalka), is a border crossing established between the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq and the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria during the Syrian Civil War about 1 km downstream from the Iraqi–Syrian–Turkish tripoint and just north of Faysh Khabur in Iraq and Khanik in Syria consisting of a pontoon bridge across the Tigris.

The border crossing has been intermittently closed by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), but has been open permanently since June 2016, [1] [2] and economic exchange has since then begun to normalize between Northeastern Syria and the Kurdistan Region. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "US welcomes opening of border between Rojava and Iraqi Kurdistan". ARA News. 2016-06-10. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  2. "Business booming in Rojava after outlet opened with Kurdistan Region". Kurdistan24. 22 April 2017.