Syria and Iraq will Reopen Semalka Border Crossing

Sun Jun 04 2023
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LONDON: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday that Semalka Border Crossing between Syria and Iraq would be reopened on Monday following being closed since May.

Syria and Iraq will Reopen Semalka Border Crossing

The authorities announced that routine operation would be resumed at the border crossing for humanitarian entities and specific officials only will be allowed to operate three-day a week, as per mechanism, including Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

The Semalka crossing links the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq and the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, Arab News reported.

Several meetings and engagements took place in the last few days between officials and mediators in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to reopen Semalka border crossing, which was closed on May 11, suspending commercial and trade traffic between the two regions.

The Semalka crossing is used to transport patients and to facilitate commercial movement between the two regions. The border was also closed last year.

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