Semalka Border Crossing

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Semalka Border Crossing
Coordinates37°05′22″N 42°21′00″E / 37.089323°N 42.349890°E / 37.089323; 42.349890Coordinates: 37°05′22″N 42°21′00″E / 37.089323°N 42.349890°E / 37.089323; 42.349890
CarriesPedestrians, vehicles, containers
LocaleSyria Khanik, Syria
Iraq Faysh Khabur, Iraq
Official nameSemalka Border Crossing
Maintained byDe facto SA-NES Flag.svg Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
 Iraqi Kurdistan
Websitesemalka.com
Location

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 (Western Kurdistan)and the Kurdistan Region.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "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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