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An additional 2,200 troops (mostly engineers) were deployed to Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Northern Iraq by early September 2004 and were grouped with the humanitarian troops who were relocated from Southern Iraq. The combined unit consisted of 2,800 soldiers.
The UN maintains its presence in Iraq through the Assistance Mission and the United Nations Country Team (UNCT), which regroups the 20 UN agencies currently operating in Iraq. [2] Former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Sérgio Vieira de Mello was among 22 killed in a 2003 suicide attack carried out against the ...
The page lists diplomatic missions in Kurdistan Region, a semi-autonomous federal region of Iraq. First fully accredited consulates general was opened by Iran and Russia [1] in 2007. Currently, 31 countries have official representation in Kurdistan Region, while Belarus, Cyprus, Denmark, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka have honorary consulates. [2]
Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to end the U.N. political mission in Iraq established in 2003 following the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein to coordinate post ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Iraq. There are 59 embassies in Baghdad, and several other countries maintain consulates in Erbil, Basra, Mosul and Najaf.
Ballistic missiles fired by Iran caused explosions near the U.S. consulate and a U.S. military facility after a missile struck Erbil in northern Iraq, officials said Monday.
UNGCI patch UNGCI United Nations Medal Ribbon. The United Nations Guards Contingent in Iraq (UNGCI) mission was based on U.N. resolutions 706/1991 and 712/1991, aimed at the safe flow of international humanitarian support for the people of Iraq following the liberation of Kuwait, and during the period of the trade embargo imposed against the government of Iraq.