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05 January 2012 -- My most memorable trip of this year was to Suleimaniah. With an estimated metropolitan population of nearly two million, it's Iraqi Kurdistan's second most important city (after ...
Karbala, 05 January 2012 -- About 30,000 Arab and foreign visitors arrived in the holy city of Karbala to attend the religious ceremonies during the coming week, a source from within the Tourism and ...
Karbala, 05 January 2012 -- More than 5,500 Iraqi and 35 Arab and foreign religious parades will take place in the coming religions events planned in Karbala over the coming ten day period.
04 January 2012 -- 100 countries have received invitations by Iraq’s Culture Ministry to send their representatives to the inauguration ceremony of the “Najaf, 2012 Cultural Capital of Islamic ...
Erbil, 04 January 2012 -- Jordanian Friendship is preparing for a three-day Kurdish Culture and Arts Festival there.
Baghdad, 04 January 2012 -- Iraqi Olympics Secretary General said today that a number of Iraqi sports expatriates expressed their desire to represent national teams in foreign tournaments.
Erbil, 02 January 2012 -- More than 40,000 tourists have entered Iraqi Kurdistan Region for the New Year celebrations- an influx up from the previous record by four times.
Erbil, 02 January 2012 -- Erbil Football Club is now considering the abilites of two Arab coaches so that one of them fills up the vacant position of Ayyub Odisho.
Arbil, 02 January 2012 -- Over 40,000 tourists have arrived in Arbil, the Capital of northern Iraq's Kurdistan Region, on occasion of the New Year celebrations taking place in the area, the Director ...
Arbil, 02 January 2012 -- Kurdish tourism department announced that 82.000 tourists spent the New Year eve in the three Kurdish cities of Arbil, Sulaimaniya and Duhuk.
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