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.

Semalka Border Crossing
Coordinates37.089323°N 42.349890°E / 37.089323; 42.349890
CarriesPedestrians, vehicles, containers
Locale Khanik, Syria
Faysh Khabur, Iraq
Official nameSemalka Border Crossing
Maintained by Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
 Iraqi Kurdistan
Websitehttp://semalka.com/

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 Iraqi Kurdistan Region.[1]

See also

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