When the smoke cleared and Saddam withdrew from northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurds returned ... Excitedly, he reeled off a long list of Kurdish beauty spots he planned to visit before heading home.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Sulaimani ... visits to restaurants and all the tourist attractions, we found that Sulaimani is the cleanest city in Iraq” in terms of food safety, the administration ...

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The Mahabad Republic, founded by Qazi Muhammad, survived only with support from the Soviet Union and military assistance from Iraqi Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani out of Iraq. But less than a year ...