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Kurds building bridge to link Iraqi Kurdistan with Syrian Kurdistan  3.5.2013   





 
Iraqi Kurds transport food by boat to Syrian Kurdistan across the river Tigris at the Syrian-Iraqi Kurdistan border near the Duhok province, also Syrian Kurdish refugees use boats for transfer to the Iraqi Kurdistan. February 2, 2013. Photo: Reuters See Related Articles
May 3, 2013

DUHOK, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— Iraqi Kurdish authorities are constructing a bridge over the Tigris River to link their Kurdistan region (southern Kurdistan) with Syrian Kurdistan (Western Kurdistan), a statement said.

The statement by the Kurdish northern Province of Duhok said the bridge was to facilitate movement of people and commodities between Iraqi Kurdistan region and Syria.

The bridge will replace the Peshabur border gate, which has so far regulated the flow of goods and people between the two Kurdish sides, mainly through small boats.

Tens of thousands of Syrians, mainly Kurds, have fled to northern Iraq and are being looked after by the Kurdish regional government in Iraq.

The bridge is the first physical link between the Kurdish region and Syria as previously movement of people and commodities was confined to small boats.

Since 1991, the Kurds of Iraq achieved self-rule in part of the country. Kurdistan region has all the trappings of an independent state -- its own constitution,www.ekurd.net its own parliament, its own flag, its own army, its own border patrol, its own national anthem, its own education system, its own International airports, even its own stamp inked into the passports of visitors, a large number of foreign consulates and embassies are located in Kurdistan's capital, Erbil. So far 24 countries have opened consulates in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

The bridge will cost $2 million and construction is almost half-way through, the statement said.

Syrian government authorities have withdrawn from Kurdish areas and movement between the sides is free in the absence of customs officers.

The bridge will have the capacity of carrying trucks loaded with up to 30 tons of goods, the statement said.

The Peshkhabour crossing was opened in 2003 and has been the only crossing point between the semi-independent Kurdish region and Syria.

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