Border between Iraq and Syria
The border between Iraq and Syria is 599 km long. It runs roughly from northeast to southwest through the Jazīra ( northern Mesopotamia ) and the Syrian Desert , including a longer section in a north-south direction. It was laid down in the First Anglo-Iraqi Treaty in 1922 and reflects the separation of the spheres of interest of both countries agreed in the Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
The northern end of the border is in the Syria-Iraq-Turkey triangle at 37 ° 6 ′ 21.6 ″ N , 42 ° 21 ′ 25.9 ″ E , and the southern end is the Syria-Iraq-Jordan triangle at 33 ° 22 '28.9 " N , 38 ° 47' 37" O .
There are five official border crossings (from north to south):
- Fishkabour border crossing near the Turkish border
- Al-Yaʿrubiyya border crossing (route from Qamishli , Syria, to Mosul and Baghdad )
- Border crossing at 36 ° 16 ′ 29.5 ″ N , 41 ° 16 ′ 58 ″ E (road 716 to ash-Schaddadi , or 47 to Sinjar )
- Al-Qa'im border crossing (route from Damascus to Baghdad)
- Al-Walid border crossing (route from Damascus to Baghdad)
In May 2015, IS held almost the entire border between Iraq and Syria with the exception of a small part of the border line in the Kurdish northeast.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Iraq ( English ) In: The World Fact Book . Central Intelligence Agency. 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ↑ ÖAMTC country information
- ↑ Spiegel, May 21, 2015
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