IQSemalka
Operatingchecked
The ports authority announced on 23 September that it would work around the clock from 1 October 2026, for travellers and trade; we have not yet seen confirmation that this started. It links Fishkhabour in Iraq's Kurdistan Region with Hasakah governorate. A visa on arrival for foreign visitors here is not confirmed — check before you go.
Routes through Semalka
- Overland · from Erbil~4 h
verifiedSource: General Authority for Ports and Customschecked 8 Oct 2026
Road from here to each city
fly.sy estimates in hours, not counting the wait at the border.
- Qamishli~1.5 h
- Deir ez-Zor~4.5 h
- Raqqa~5 h
- Aleppo~7 h
- Idlib~8 h
- Hama~8.5 h
- Homs~9 h
- Latakia~9.5 h
- Damascus~10 h
- Tartus~10 h
- Daraa~11.5 h
- Sweida~11.5 h
What you need to cross here
Syrian
- Around 391,000 voluntary returns through the crossings in the first half of 2026, over 24,000 through Nasib.
Source: SANA
- If you live in Türkiye: since 1 January 2026, Syrians with a Turkish residence or work permit can enter and leave Syria through Kasab, Bab al-Hawa, al-Hamam, Bab al-Salama, Al-Rai and Jarablus. For anyone else, such as people under temporary protection, we have no current official source — check before you travel.
- If you fly or sail into Lebanon to cross overland to Syria, Lebanese General Security gives you a 24-hour transit permit on your passport (rules of 24 September 2026).
Source: Lebanese General Security
Visa on arrival
- We have no source confirming that foreign visitors can enter here, so we don't list papers for this passport at this crossing. Check before you go.
Source: No dependable source yet
Pre-approval
- We have no source confirming that foreign visitors can enter here, so we don't list papers for this passport at this crossing. Check before you go.
Source: No dependable source yet
Experiences from here
No published experiences from here yet.