Bab al-Salameh Border Crossing
E731753
Bab al-Salameh Border Crossing is a major Syria–Turkey land crossing near Azaz that serves as a key route for trade, travel, and humanitarian aid into northern Syria.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bab al-Salam Border Crossing | 1 |
| Bab al-Salameh Border Crossing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8379977 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bab al-Salameh Border Crossing Context triple: [Northern Syria, hasKeyBorderCrossing, Bab al-Salameh Border Crossing]
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A.
Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing
Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing is a major Syria–Turkey land crossing and key humanitarian and commercial gateway into northwestern Syria.
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B.
Al-Tanf border crossing
Al-Tanf border crossing is a strategic checkpoint on the Syria–Iraq border that has been a key site of military and geopolitical significance in the Syrian conflict.
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C.
Al-Qaim–Abu Kamal border crossing
The Al-Qaim–Abu Kamal border crossing is a key road crossing between Iraq and Syria that has been strategically important for trade, travel, and military movements in the region.
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D.
Al Hadithah border crossing
Al Hadithah border crossing is a major land port of entry between Saudi Arabia and Jordan, serving as a key route for regional trade and travel.
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E.
Nitzana Border Crossing
Nitzana Border Crossing is a minor land terminal between Israel and Egypt primarily used for commercial and cargo traffic rather than regular passenger travel.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bab al-Salameh Border Crossing Target entity description: Bab al-Salameh Border Crossing is a major Syria–Turkey land crossing near Azaz that serves as a key route for trade, travel, and humanitarian aid into northern Syria.
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A.
Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing
Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing is a major Syria–Turkey land crossing and key humanitarian and commercial gateway into northwestern Syria.
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B.
Al-Tanf border crossing
Al-Tanf border crossing is a strategic checkpoint on the Syria–Iraq border that has been a key site of military and geopolitical significance in the Syrian conflict.
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C.
Al-Qaim–Abu Kamal border crossing
The Al-Qaim–Abu Kamal border crossing is a key road crossing between Iraq and Syria that has been strategically important for trade, travel, and military movements in the region.
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D.
Al Hadithah border crossing
Al Hadithah border crossing is a major land port of entry between Saudi Arabia and Jordan, serving as a key route for regional trade and travel.
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E.
Nitzana Border Crossing
Nitzana Border Crossing is a minor land terminal between Israel and Egypt primarily used for commercial and cargo traffic rather than regular passenger travel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border crossing
ⓘ
land border crossing ⓘ |
| adjacentSettlement |
Azaz
ⓘ
Bab al-Salameh ⓘ Öncüpınar ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Syrian refugee movements
ⓘ
Syria–Turkey relations ⓘ
linked to:
Turkey and Syria
|
| borderType | land ⓘ |
| borderWith |
Aleppo Governorate
ⓘ
Kilis Province ⓘ |
| conflictRole |
entry point for displaced persons
ⓘ
supply route during Syrian civil war ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Syrian road network
ⓘ
Turkish road network ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Syrian opposition forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Syrian opposition
|
| countryBorder |
Syria
ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ |
| hasCheckpoint |
Syrian side checkpoint
ⓘ
Turkish side checkpoint ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
humanitarian aid corridor
ⓘ
trade route ⓘ travel route ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
customs facilities
ⓘ
inspection points ⓘ vehicle lanes ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aleppo Governorate
ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Azaz ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Gate of Peace ⓘ |
| oppositeSideFacility | Öncüpınar Border Gate ⓘ |
| partOf |
Syria–Turkey border
ⓘ
linked to:
Turkish–Syrian border area
|
| partOfCorridor | aid routes into Idlib and northern Aleppo ⓘ |
| regionServed |
northern Aleppo countryside
ⓘ
northwestern Syria ⓘ
linked to:
northwest Syria
|
| regulates |
customs procedures
ⓘ
passport control ⓘ |
| securityStatus | heavily monitored ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
key access point to opposition-held northern Syria
ⓘ
major logistics hub for humanitarian operations ⓘ |
| transportMode | road transport ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United Nations aid agencies
ⓘ
linked to:
United Nations agencies
international humanitarian organizations ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aid convoys
ⓘ
civilian travel ⓘ commercial traffic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bab al-Salameh Border Crossing Description of subject: Bab al-Salameh Border Crossing is a major Syria–Turkey land crossing near Azaz that serves as a key route for trade, travel, and humanitarian aid into northern Syria.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
northern Syria
linked to: Bab al-Salameh Border Crossing