Travel Iraqi Kurdistan

Zakho is the border town of Iraq and Turkey, where the huge border complex of Ibrahim Khalil is located. There are hundreds of peace keeping forces and the US Peace Corps on the border.

Zakho has around 90,000 habitants and the town itself has lots of shops and commerce activity so expect lots of trucks and taxis. Zakho is located just 20km from Silopi town in Turkey so lots of Turkish trucks come with export good to provide Kurdish region with everything one can imagine.

There is the Delal Bridge over the Habur River and an amusement park that are somehow worth a visit if you’re willing to stay overnight and spend a couple of hours in this tiny border town.

My direct bus from Dohuk to Istanbul failed to show up so the company I bought the ticket got me a taxi from Dohuk to Zakho from where I got another Turkish taxi all the way to Jizre town in Turkey.

Check out the WIKIPEDIA page because it has some interesting historical and cultural facts about Zakho, click here: Zakho