Makhmur, Iraq

Coordinates: 35°46′32″N 43°34′46″E / 35.77556°N 43.57944°E / 35.77556; 43.57944
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Makhmur
Town
Makhmur District
Elevation
254 m (833 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total23,828

Makhmur (

Kurdistan Regional Government. The former controls and maintains the town's legal inclusion in the Nineveh Governorate whilst the latter claims it as part of the Erbil Governorate
.

Background

During the 2014

Iraqi Army
in October 2017.

During the 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, clashes were reported on the outskirts of the town between Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi army, supported by the Popular Mobilization Forces (also known as Hashd al-Shaabi), until it was fully recaptured by the latter.[5]

Refugee camp

Situated in the Makhmur District is the

Kurdish-Turkish conflict in the 1990s, live in this refugee camp.[7]

It has been subject to continuous drone strikes by the Turkish state.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Nêzî mehek dorpêça li ser Mexmûr dewam dike". ANF News (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. ^ "دانیشتووانی گوندێکی مەخموور هێرشێکی داعش تێکدەشکێنن" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  3. ^ Meet the PKK, Vice News
  4. Foreign Policy Magazine
    .
  5. ^ Peshmerga repel Iraqi forces attack in Makhmour, Rudaw. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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  7. ^ "'This is a betrayal': Kurdish villagers in Iraq say Turkey is 'no different from Isis'". The Independent. 2015-08-02. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  8. ^ "Turkish drone strike on Makhmour refugee camp kills one". Medya News. 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2023-01-09.