Ibrahim Khalil ( ku, دەروازەی ئیبراھیم خەلیل, ar, منفذ إبراهيم الخليل الدولي) is a
border crossing point between
Turkey and
Iraq. It is also called the Habur Border or Frontier Gate in English. Before the control point and gate there is a bridge crossing the
Khabur river, which forms the natural border between Iraq and Turkey. The crossing is located to the south of the town of
Silopi
Silopi ( ku, Silopî) is a city and district of Şırnak Province in Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region, close to the borders of Iraq and Syria. The majority of its people are of ethnic Kurds. The district, composed of Silopi center, thre ...
.
Although it is an entry point into
Iraq, the crossing is controlled by the
Kurdistan Regional Government, which enforced its own customs and immigration policies, enforced at checkpoints staffed by Kurdish
Peshmerga fighters under the
flag of Kurdistan—a red, white, and green tricolor with a golden sun. In September 2004 the
167th Corps Support Group, a
New Hampshire Army Reserve unit, was deployed to Ibrahim Khalil to monitor the supplies being shipped from supply centers in northern Turkey to coalition forces in
Iraq.
On 6 December 2015 the border was crossed by ca. 3,000
Turkish soldiers, heading to the Mosul countryside.
Photo gallery
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References
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Dohuk Governorate
Iraq–Turkey border crossings
Geography of Iraqi Kurdistan
Şırnak Province