Nasiriyah
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The June 8 strike targeted a military storage bunker near Nasiriyah, a desert village north of Damascus, and two additional sites near Homs.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2021
Al-Zayer ran on the list for the Imtidad Movement, drawn from the protest movement, and got more than 22,000 votes in the southern province of Nasiriyah, a flashpoint in the demonstrations.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2021
Many cried openly, their tears tinged with anger, blaming both the provincial government of Dhi Qar, where Nasiriyah is located, and the federal government in Baghdad for years of mismanagement and neglect.
From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2021
"Piestewa specifically was sent to a hospital in Nasiriyah."
From Fox News • May 31, 2021
As I told you in my last letter that I was going to Nasiriyah, it won't surprise you to find I've got here instead.
From Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years by Palmer, Robert Stafford Arthur
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