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

• Faysh Khabur
• Khanik

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.