Semalka gate has been closed for 8 days 2023-05-18 13:23:36   NEWS CENTER – The KDP administration has kept the Semalka Border Gate closed for 8 days.   Semalka Border Gate (Pêşxabûr), located between Northern and Eastern Syria and the Federated Kurdistan Region, has been closed since May 11. It remains unclear when the gate, which was closed unilaterally by the decision of the KDP administration, will be opened.   Semalka Border Gate official Baz Ehmed stated that they were not informed about why the decision to close the gate was taken.   The KDP is closing the said gate for the second time. At the end of 2021, the gate was closed unilaterally for 40 days.