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 معبر سيمالكا الحدودي / Deriyê Sêmalka
Border crossing at Semalka between Iraq and Syria on the Tigris River for trading food, oil, electronics, and other goods.
Coordinates	37.089323°N 42.349890°E / 37.089323; 42.349890
Carries	Pedestrians, vehicles, containers
Crosses	Tigris River
Locale	Khanik, Syria Faysh Khabur, Kurdistan Region
Begins	Khanik, Syria
Ends	Faysh Khabur, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Official name	Semalka Border Crossing
Maintained by	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Iraqi Kurdistan
Website	semalka.com
Characteristics
Design	Pontoon bridge
Traversable?	Yes
History
Opened	Permanently open since June 2016
Statistics
Daily traffic	Trade (food, oil, electronics, and other goods)
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