Turkey shuts key Kurdistan border crossing
The Ibrahim Khalil crossing, an artery of KRG commerce, is closed for a second day as Turkey goes on the offensive in Kurdish areas of the country’s southeast.
A man waves a Kurdistan flag as a Turkish military truck escorts a convoy of Peshmerga vehicles at the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing, also called the Habur border gate, on Oct. 29, 2014. (KADIR BARIS/Reuters)
ERBIL - The main border crossing between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurdistan region remains closed for a second day, as Turkey ramps up a military offensive apparently aimed at Kurdish militants in the country's southeast.
“The Ibrahim Khalil border crossing point is still closed and we don’t have any clue when the Turkish officials will decide to re-open it,” said Khalil Mahmoud, the mayor of Zakho district in Dohuk province, where the border is located.
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