Iraqi Kurdistan, unlike the rest of Iraq or Syria, was previously considered relatively safe and stable. However, in recent years, growing problems have caused the semi-autonomous state to stumble %
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Fighters of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary forces carry the coffins of fellow fighters, who were killed in an ambush on a desolated road south of Mosul, during a funeral in their hometown in the northern Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmatu near the city of Kirkuk, on March 7, 2019 [File: AFP/Marwan Ibrahim]
On April 15, a drone laden with explosives targeted military facilities hosting US troops in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), but resulted in no casualties. On the same day, rocket fire on a Turkish military base in Mosul’s Bashiqa region killed one Turkish solider.