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What will autonomy mean for Iraq's largest Christian town?

The New Arab 04 Nov 2021
Yet many argue that the change does not go far enough, and claim that although Ankawa’s new designation is a step in the right direction, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) must take serious and concrete steps to rectify a host of grievances before Assyrian Christians can feel completely at home in Ankawa or elsewhere in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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The Garden Tomb is located in what is believed to have been a pre-Christian vineyard
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2,700-Year-Old Assyrian Wine Press Found in Northern Iraq

Ancient Origins 04 Nov 2021
Dating to approximately 700 BC, the remains of the wine press were found at an archaeological site known as Khanis, which is in the Duhok governate in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq ... in the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq where the industrial wine press has been found.
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Russia: White Helmets plotting false-flag chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib to accuse Damascus

Press TV 04 Nov 2021
He added that people have been hired in the Kafr Kermin and Sarmada districts of Idlib province to take part in fake a video report ... Chinese UN envoy ... China ... Ankara views the US-backed YPG as a terrorist organization tied to the homegrown Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been seeking an autonomous Kurdish region in Turkey since 1984 ... ....
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ISHM: October 28 – November 4, 2021

Reliefweb 04 Nov 2021
Meanwhile, Fatah supporters threatened to escalate after “one last peaceful protest” planned for Friday. On November 1, the Fatah Coalition urged election winners to provide guarantees that there will be no attempts to “dismantle” the PMF ... A fifth IED killed a Turkish soldier in the Kurdistan region ... embassy ... more… ... .
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Top Kurdish politician calls for direct talks with Damascus

The New Arab 03 Nov 2021
The AANES has carved out a largely-autonomous region in northeast Syria, comprising nearly a third of Syrian territory ... To Turkey, the Kurdish autonomous region is an extension of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) which has waged an insurgency against Turkey since the 1980s to establish an independent Kurdistan.
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LDS Apostles and leaders complete major tours

Provo Daily Herald 03 Nov 2021
(Courtesy Intellectual Reserve) ... In the past week or so, President M ... Elder David A ... “I have been impressed with the work Latter-day Saint Charities is accomplishing all over this region ... “I had an opportunity a few years ago to visit a refugee camp in Kurdistan ... The women just wrapped up a trip to the Middle East to visit the Kurdistan region of Iraq ... .
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Uncertainty for Syrians in Turkey as opposition warms to Assad

Al Jazeera 03 Nov 2021
In September, CHP leadership, including Cevikoz, visited the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil, and met with its president, Nechirvan Barzani, to lay the groundwork for what the party hopes is a new track for regional diplomacy.
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Wine press dating back 2,700 years discovered in northern Iraq

Indian Express 03 Nov 2021
... Mesopotamia that archaeologists are able to identify a wine production area,” said Daniele Morandi Bonacossi, Professor of Near Eastern archaeology at the university of Udine and director of the Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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How fear makes us human

New Statesman 03 Nov 2021
... Bookchin (1921-2006), the American theorist of “post-scarcity anarchism”, so there is some basis for Graeber’s view.) Rojava’s future depends on Turkey, Iraq, Bashar al- Assad’s Syria and the Kurdistan Regional Government, and on the US – still an active presence in the region.
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Changing perceptions to end a harmful tradition in northern Iraq

Reliefweb 02 Nov 2021
SULAYMANIYAH, Kurdistan Region of Iraq -- "Come with me, we need to go to the bakery, my mother told me one morning ... Female genital mutilation takes place in countries and communities around the world, including the Kurdistan region ... In Iraq's Kurdistan Region, it is deeply rooted in cultural beliefs and myths.
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Iraq investigating suspicious poisoning of politicians

The New Arab 02 Nov 2021
Mala Bakhtiar, who heads the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), claimed an ... Hours after falling ill, Wasta Hassan Nuri, a PUK member and former director of the Asayish - the leading security and intelligence agency in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region -was also poisoned.
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Iraq - Severe weather (NOAA-CPC, Iraqi Red Crescent, media floodlist, media, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 November 2021)

Reliefweb 02 Nov 2021
Heavy rain and thunderstorms have affected Erbil Governorate (Kurdistan region) on 29-30 October, causing floods and leading ...
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Iraq - Severe weather (NOAA-CPC, Iraqi Red Crescent, Floodlist, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 November 2021)

Reliefweb 02 Nov 2021
Heavy rain and thunderstorms have affected Erbil Governorate (Kurdistan region) on 29-30 October, causing floods and leading ...
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Dana Gas’ collections rise 86pc to $283m in 2021

Gulf Daily News 02 Nov 2021
Dana Gas’ collections from the KRI (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) and Egypt increased 86% year-on-year in the first ten months of the year to AED1.03 billion ($283 million) from AED557 million in the same period the previous year.  ... The Middle East's largest regional ...
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IRAQ DATA: Federal oil exports rise 1.3% on month in Oct amid higher OPEC+ quota

Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide 02 Nov 2021
... region, rose 1.3% month on month in October, the oil ministry said Nov.

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