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Originally Posted by Travelbug
Northern Iraq / Kurdistan's territory was never really under attack by ISIS and is as safe as ever. The road from Turkey / Zakho to Erbil is a highway. No reason to be overly worried as a traveller.
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I think you will find that it is still under attack in certain places, there was a large bomb in Erbil about 3 to 4 days ago, so they managed to get a bomb in to the safest area of the safest area, the Peshmerga are still trying to rout ISIS from certain areas and are doing a good job. Also there are no Kurdistan/Iraq border because in the eyes of the Iraq government it is just one country. I work over in Iraq (well for another week anyway) and get int updates most days. That said it is not as bad as Northern Iraq. Yeah everything will probably be fine for travelers....right up until you put the orange jumpsuit on.
In the northern province of Ninevah, Kurdish forces were reported as repulsing an IS attack against defensive positions on the outskirts of Ba'shiqah, to the northeast, claiming to have killed and injured dozens of insurgents.
This puts them about 2 to 3 hours from the Turkey/Iran/Iraq borders
Last edited by Lonerider; 23 Nov 2014 at 10:22.
Reason: add info
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