 Before the control point and gate there is a bridge crossing the Khabur river, which forms the natural border between Iraq and Turkey.The crossing is located to the south of the town of Silopi.Although it is an entry point into Iraq, the crossing is controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government, which enforced its own customs and immigration policies, enforced at checkpoints manned by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters under the flag of Kurdistan—a red, white, and green tricolor with a golden sun.