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Oct 9, 2023 | 
thenewregion.com | Amr Al Housni
DUBAI, UAE - Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced Wednesday it will begin adjusting the legal status of Syrian, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani workers who entered the country through the Kurdistan Region, starting November 25. The ministry said those found to be involved in smuggling, harboring, or illegally employing foreign workers will be referred to the judiciary.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
thenewregion.com | Amr Al Housni |Dilan Sirwan |Omar Al-Rawi
Soon after the liberation of Anbar, the arduous task of rebuilding started. The debris of war and the remnants of demolished homes were gradually cleared away. The scale of devastation was so profound that residents struggled to contain their emotions, and many doubted the wreckage and desolation could be repaired. Reconstruction programs were implemented, building bridges, governmental institutions, educational institutions, residential areas, and public amenities.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
thenewregion.com | Amr Al Housni
Iraq’s Development Road project would serve Iraqis better if it was to pass through the Kurdistan Region’s provinces, the Region’s Prime Minister said on Sunday.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
thenewregion.com | Dilan Sirwan |Rejna Alaaldin |Gashtyar Akram |Hassan Ahmad Mustafa |Mina al-Qaisi |Alfadhel Ahmad | +64 more
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – The Kurdistan Region and Iraq are researching opportunities to artificially enhance rainfall in order to address ongoing water shortages, according to officials from both governments.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
thenewregion.com | Amr Al Housni |Suadad al-Salhy
A Yemeni technical expert was among the four people killed in the Tuesday US strike on Jurf al-Sakhar in Babil province, a military commander confirmed to The New Region. The Pentagon on Tuesday said that US forces had carried out a “defensive” strike in Babil province targeting fighters who were trying to launch attack drones.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
thenewregion.com | Alfadhel Ahmad |Paul Davis |Zhelwan Z. Wali |Chenar Chalak |Suadad al-Salhy |Alannah Travers | +59 more
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) warned on Wednesday that Turkey’s intensifying bombings may cause “a catastrophic collapse” of the Tishrin Dam in northern Syria. "Turkish warplanes have conducted multiple airstrikes on the Tishrin Dam and its surrounding areas,” the US-backed, Kurdish-led SDF said in a statement.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
thenewregion.com | Amr Al Housni
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At the age of 137, Rawshe Qasim, a Yazidi woman from Shekhan, has been revealed to be the world’s oldest living human following the recent Iraqi population census. Iraq conducted a nationwide population census on Wednesday and Thursday for the first time since 1987. A count in 1997 did not include the provinces of the Kurdistan Region. The census revealed there were at least five living centenarians in Iraq, all of whom are women.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
thenewregion.com | Amr Al Housni
Iraqi Ministry of Migration and Displacement has announced the continuation of registration for voluntary return to close the displacement file by its scheduled deadline on July 30.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
thenewregion.com | Amr Al Housni |Dilan Sirwan
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani has formally requested the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres on Wednesday, to conclude UNAMI's mission in Iraq by December 2025, according to a letter seen seen by The New Region on Friday. In the letter sent to the Security Council, PM Sudani expressed Iraq's interest in strengthening cooperation with other UN agencies.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
thenewregion.com | Amr Al Housni |Suadad al-Salhy
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A Shiite armed group linked to powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr carried out the latest attack on the US diplomatic institution at Victoria airbase north of Baghdad, last week, armed factions and Iraqi officials told The New Region. All signs available so far indicate that the attack was carried out without Sadr's knowledge or permission. A rocket attack targeted Victoria Air Base, near Baghdad International Airport, on Tuesday.
