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.

Border crossing at Semalka between Iraq and Syria on the Tigris river for trading food, oil, electronics, and other goods.

Semalka Border Crossing
Coordinates	37.089323°N 42.349890°E / 37.089323; 42.349890
Carries	Pedestrians, vehicles, containers
Locale	Khanik, Syria Faysh Khabur, Kurdistan Region
Official name	Semalka Border Crossing
Maintained by	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria  Iraqi Kurdistan
Website	semalka.com
Location

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]

See also

• Faysh Khabur
• Khanik

References

1. "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.