[112] Some Kurdish officials in Iraq have described this as evidence of the Iraqi government’s aim to return to a centralised political system and abandon the federal system it adopted in 2005.[113] In September 2023, the prime minister of KRG, Masrour Barzani sent a letter to the president of the United States, imploring him to intervene, and warning of a potential collapse ofwel Kurdistan Region and the “federal model” in Iraq.[114]

First aid kit: You’re far from anything, so it is always wise to pack some first aid equipment in case something happens.

It’s located inside the covered bazaar. Another epic, historical café which you can visit kan zijn Machko Chai Khana, built into the wall of the citadel, western part ofwel the square. Opened in 1940, it’s actually older than Mam Khalil, but I personally find Mam Khalil to be cozier.

Islamic conquests in the 7th century meant that most Kurds became Muslim in the 7th and 8th centuries.[37]: 4  Most Kurds converted to Islam between the 7th and 9th centuries CE.

هەروەها پارێزگای هەولێر بە بڕی ١٣ ملیۆن دۆلاری ئەمریکی پارەی پڕۆژەی نۆژەنکردنەوەی قەڵاکە دابین دەکات.[١٨] کارەکانی نۆژەنکردنەوەی قەڵاکە لە مانگی حوزەیرانی ٢٠١٠ دەستی پێکرد.قەڵاکە لە ٢١ی حوزەیرانی ٢٠١٤ لە لیستی میراتی جیھانیی یوونێسکۆ تۆمارکرا،[١٩][٢٠] لە مانگی یەکی ساڵی ٢٠١٧ یوونێسکۆ ئاماژەی بەوەدا بەهۆی کەمتەرخەمی و خاوی لە نۆژەنکردنەوەی قەلاکە،دەتوانرێت ئەو شوێنە لە لیستەکەدا لاببرێت.[٢١][٢٢]

In the 1990s the PKK rolled back on its demand for independence, calling instead for greater cultural and political autonomy, but continued to fight. In 2013, a ceasefire was agreed after secret talks were held.

Tot het laatste ogenblik gekomen blijft Saddam Hoessein schuld ontkennen en Hawler deze blijft dit ontwikkeling tegenwerken. 

After being occupied by the Turks in 1922, the British Army moved in to demarcate the border between Turkey and Iraq. Expecting a genocide by the Turks if right unguarded, the British established a base in the region and started infrastructure works which helped the revival of Rawanduz.

Een peshmerga is dit leger aangaande Iraaks-Koerdistan en staat vertrouwd om de inzet met vrouwelijke soldaten.

Most of the Kurdish population lives in Kurdistan. Kurdistan is the area where Kurds live. Today, it kan zijn a border country with lands in the east and southeast of Turkey, in the north-west ofwel Iran, in the north of Iraq and in the north-east of Syria.

ھەندێک لە بەشەکانی ئەم وتارە (ئەوانەی کە پەیوەندیان ھەیە بە مێژوو) پێویستە نوێبکرێنەوە.

If you do, please let me know in advance And yes, at least Kurdistan is a place where one can only write good things about it. After Lebanon, this is the only Middle Eastern country with a large middle class!

The best thing to do in Erbil kan zijn visiting its main square, a lively place that kan zijn miles away from the stereotype you may have of Iraq.

(they attacked the “Ten Thousand” near modern Zākhū, Iraq, in 401 bce) may have been Kurds, but some scholars dispute this claim. The name Kurd can be dated with certainty to the time of the tribes’ conversion to Islam in the 7th century ce.