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At the height of the occupation the US had 170,000 personnel in uniform stationed in 505 bases throughout all provinces of Iraq. Another 135,000 private military contractors were also working in Iraq. [1] [2] Due to International military intervention against ISIL, personnel have returned to
Duhok International Airport (Arabic: مطار دهوك الدولي) (Kurdish:فڕۆکەخانەی نێودەوڵەتیی دھۆک) is an international airport currently under construction in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Duhok city province just near the town of Sêmêl. Duhok airport serves the Duhok Governorate of Iraq.
The city of Duhok received its name from the Kurdish word ’du’ (two) and ’hok’ (lump) as a tax payment of two lumps from the basket of each passing caravan that often carry wheat and barley. [8] According to a tradition presented by Sasson Nahum, Dohuk was initially named Dohuk-e Dasinya, signifying "Dohuk of the Yezidis".
Country: Iraq: Region: Dohuk: Location: Sheikan district: Offshore/onshore: Onshore: Coordinates: 1]: Operators: TAQA (47.4%): Partners: Kurdistan Regional Government (25%) ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. (27.6%): Field history; Discovery: April 13th 2011 [2]: Start of production: July 3rd, 2017 [3]: Production; Current production of oil: 45,000 barrels per day (~2.2 × 10 ^ 6 t/a): Estimated oil in ...
The American University of Kurdistan (AUK) (Sorani Kurdish: زانكۆی ئەمریکی لە کوردستان, Zanîngeha Emrîkî ya Kurdistanê; Arabic: الجامعة الأمريكية في كردستان [1]) is a public, not-for-profit special status, university in Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Turkey removed three television channels based in northern Iraq, including Kurdish news agency Rudaw, from its TurkSat satellite over broadcasting violations during the Kurdish Regional Government's referendum in September 2017. [30] Turkey resumed flights to and from the Kurdistan Region in March 2018, which had been suspended since September ...
Deraluk (Arabic: ديرلوك, [2] Kurdish: دێرەلووک, romanized: Dêrelûk, [3] Syriac: Deira d-Luqa) [4] is a town and subdistrict in Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located on the Great Zab and in the district of Amadiya. In the town, there are churches of Mar Khnana and Mar Gewargis. [5] [4]
Simele District (Kurdish: قەزای سێمێل, romanized: Qezaya Sêmêl, Arabic: قضاء سميل, romanized: qaḍāʾ Sumail) is a district of Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The administrative centre is Simele.