Iraqi Kurdistan
Noun
Meaning
the part of Kurdistan that is in northwestern Iraq
Source: WordNetExamples
Boys look at smartphones as they sit outside a cafeteria tent at a camp for internally displaced persons in the Sharya area, in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region, on Aug. 30, 2019.
Because the Kurds have no independent state, they have no representative team in FIFA or the AFC ; however a team representing Iraqi Kurdistan has been active in the Viva World Cup since 2008.
Iraqi Kurdistan one of the five most heavily mined regions in the world.
After May 1983 Saddam Hussein permitted fighting with members of the Iraqi Kurdistan (PKK) party to the Turkish army four times.
Federalism in both Iraq and Syria might be effective in creating mini states, like Iraqi Kurdistan, whose rulers can control the population in ways unavailable to the old and failing behemoth states in Baghdad and Damascus.
Trade, Iranian influence and regional instability are drawing Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan closer than ever before.