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Makhmur مەخموور | |
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Makhmurlocation of MakhmurShow map of Iraqi KurdistanMakhmurMakhmur (Iraq)Show map of Iraq | |
Coordinates: 35°46′32″N 43°34′46″E / 35.77556°N 43.57944°E / 35.77556; 43.57944 | |
Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Erbil Governorate |
Elevation | 254 m (833 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 23 828 |
Makhmur (Template:Lang-ku, Template:Lang-ar) is a town in Iraq. It is part of Makhmur District. Makhmur is mainly populated by Arabs and Kurds. It was captured by the Iraqi army from the Peshmerga in October 2017.
During the 2014 ISIL crisis, the town was taken over by ISIL militants before being regained again by combined Kurdish forces. A volunteer civilian militia to defend the town in the future was started in response.
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 Iraqi Government.
Refugee camp
In the Makhmur District is also located the Makhmur Refugee Camp, which was founded in 1998. About 12,000 Kurdish refugees, who fled the civil war between Kurds and the Turkish state in the 1990s, live in this refugee camp. Several members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) come from this camp. A "Garden of the Martyrs" was established at the camp, where deceased PKK members are remembered. The camp receives the support of the UNHCR, which helped them to provide the refugees with legal documentation in 2011, which allows them to access to education and health services. Holders of the residency permit are also permitted to apply for work provided by the Government. The refugee camp and its surroundings are often a target for Turkish airstrikes.
The Makhmur Refugee Camp were also targeted during the Operation Claw-Eagle (2020), launched by the Turkish Armed Forces on 15 June 2020. A Turkish official spoke to the BBC after the operation, "We carried out an operation in Mahmur more than a year ago, we destroyed their warehouses. We saw that they made new storage in a year. New roads were built around Mahmur. They are seeking to infiltrate our country through these roads. For this reason, we organized an operation once again.''
References
- "Nêzî mehek dorpêça li ser Mexmûr dewam dike". ANF News (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- "دانیشتووانی گوندێکی مەخموور هێرشێکی داعش تێکدەشکێنن" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- Meet the PKK, Vice News
- Khalel, Sheren; Vickery, Matthew (20 August 2014). "The Locked and Loaded Carpenters of Makhmour". Foreign Policy Magazine.
- Peshmerga repel Iraqi forces attack in Makhmour, Rudaw. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Çerny, Hannes. Iraqi Kurdistan, the PKK and International Relations. Routledge. p. 260. ISBN 9781138676176.
- "'This is a betrayal': Kurdish villagers in Iraq say Turkey is 'no different from Isis'". The Independent. 2015-08-02. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- Caux, Helene (June 2011). "UNAMI Newsletter, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq" (PDF). Refworld. United Nations Assistence Mission for Iraq. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Iraq Summons Turkish Ambassador over Refugee Camp Strike". Asharq AL-awsat. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- "Turkey carries out dozens of airstrikes in Iraq's Kurdistan region". 15 June 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Bombing a refugee camp with jets". ANF News. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- "26 savaş uçağı Güney Kürdistan'da 81 noktayı bombaladı". www.rudaw.net. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "TSK'nın Kuzey Irak'taki hava operasyonu hakkında neler biliniyor?". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-09-12.
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