Iraq–Syria border
The Iraqi–Syrian border is the border between
Description
The border starts in the west at the tripoint with Jordan at 33°22′29″N 38°47′37″E / 33.3747°N 38.7936°E, with the initial section being a continuation of the long straight line that forms the eastern section of the
History
At the start of the 20th century, the
In the period 1920-23 France and Britain signed a series of agreements, collectively known as the Paulet–Newcombe Agreement, which created the modern Jordan-Syria and Iraq–Syria borders, as an amendment to what had been designated the A zone in the Sykes–Picot Agreement.[2] In 1932, it was finalised following a League of Nations commission review.[2][3]
Since the beginning of the 2003
Border crossings
There are three official border crossings between Syria and Iraq,[6] and one makeshift crossing:
- The Rabia border crossing, on the Al-Shaddadah–Mosul road, is the most northerly official crossing.
- The
- The Badia region. It serves as the main border checkpoint on the highway between Damascus and Baghdad. The al-Tanf checkpoint is on the Syrian side of the border, in Homs province. There are Palestinian refugee camps on both sides: the Al-Waleed camp on the Iraqi side and the Al Tanf camp on the Syrian side. The crossing was captured by ISIL in May 2015 and repelled in March 2016.[10]
- The Kurdistan Regional Government during the Syrian Civil War about 1 km (0.62 mi) downstream from the Iraqi–Syrian–Turkish tripoint, and just north of Faysh Khabur in Iraq.[11][12]
See also
- Iraq–Syria relations
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
- Kurdistan
- Syrian Civil War
References
- ^ CIA World Factbook - Syria, retrieved 3 April 2020
- ^ a b c International Boundary Study No. 100 – Iraq-Syria Boundary (PDF), 15 May 1970, archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2021, retrieved 3 April 2020
- ^ Report of the Commission entrusted by the Council with the Study of the FRONTIER BETWEEN SYRIA AND IRAQ (PDF), League of Nations/United Nations, 10 September 1932, retrieved 5 April 2020
- ^ The Transformation of the Iraqi-Syrian Border: From a National to a Regional Frontier, Carnegie Middle East Center, 31 March 2020, retrieved 5 April 2020
- ^ Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (September 26, 2018). "Islamic State Shifts From Provinces and Governance to Global Insurgency". Global Observatory. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Syrian border crossings". mapaction.org. September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Iraq reopens Syria crossing in win for mutual ally Iran". Reuters. 30 September 2019.
- ^ Rees, Sebastian. (26 September 2019). Iran's Trojan Army: How Iranian Militia Have Merged with Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Frantzman, Seth J. (30 September 2019). Sensitive and Strategic Border Crossing between Iraq-Syria Opens. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Iraqi forces remove Islamic State fighters from vicinity of U.S. base in Syria". Reuters. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "US welcomes opening of border between Rojava and Iraqi Kurdistan". ARA News. 2016-06-10. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
- ^ "Business booming in Rojava after outlet opened with Kurdistan Region". Kurdistan24. 22 April 2017.
External links
- Kathy Gilsinan, The Many Ways to Map the Islamic 'State', The Atlantic, 27 August 2014.