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Two Iraqi T-54/55 tanks lie abandoned near Kuwait City on February 26, 1991. The attack began on the 26th when A-6 Intruder attack jets of the United States Marine Corps' 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing blocked the head and tail of the column on Highway 80, bombarding a massive vehicle column of mostly Iraqi Regular Army forces with Mk-20 Rockeye II cluster bombs, effectively boxing in the Iraqi ...
Iraqi refugees have mainly fled into urban centers across region, rather than in refugee camps. [1] There are roughly 2 million Iraqi refugees living in countries neighboring Iraq [5] [6] and 95% of them still live in the Middle East - although other nations in Europe have begun to accept Iraqi refugees. [4]
Then-Lt. Col. John Abizaid speaking with some Kurds in Northern Iraq during Operation Provide Comfort, 1991 Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations initiated by the United States and other Coalition nations of the Persian Gulf War, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurdish refugees fleeing their homes in northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War, and to ...
On 20 March 2003, then-president George W Bush instructed the US and coalition forces to invade Iraq in an attempt to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime. Roza Kurdo escaped killings in Iraqi ...
The Iraq–Kuwait barrier (Arabic: حدود العراق-الكويت Hudud al-'Irāq-al-Kuwayt) is a 120-mile (190 km) border fence extending six miles (9.7 km) into Iraq, three miles (4.8 km) into Kuwait, and across the full length of their mutual border from Saudi Arabia to the Persian Gulf.
The Iraqi diaspora in West Asia is mostly located in Syria, Jordan, Iran and Lebanon, in addition to the well established numbers in the Persian Gulf states and Israel.As a result of the Iraq War, the Iraqi refugee crisis is the largest in West Asia in 60 years, [1] since 1948 when the State of Israel was established.
The number of Iraqis in Germany is estimated at 150,000 [36] In 2006, out of 2,727 asylum applications for Iraqi refugees, only 8.3 percent were accepted. [37] Some sources claim there to be just around 40,000 Iraqi refugees residing in Germany. [38] In 2006, Germany granted just 8.3 percent of Iraqi asylum demands, according to the ministry. [39]
The quality of life in Iraq has decreased dramatically since 2003 [4] and therefore economic and livelihood factors also play a major role in the complex decision-making processes of displaced Iraqis. [3] Unemployment is endemic in Iraq and many IDPs, particularly women, do not have adequate access to employment opportunities. Many have also ...