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Iraq
Security tensions high in Iraq's overcrowded Sinjar Mountain region

Various Iraqi and foreign interests with shifting alliances, including Turkey, Iran and the US, have added to the instability in Iraq's Sinjar region. [...]

Published on 10/05/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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