Erbil

How to use Erbil in a sentence

• In January 2020, Iran launched more than a dozen Qiam-1 and Fateh-313 ballistic missiles from launch sites at three bases in western Iran that hit two Iraqi bases, Al Asad and Erbil, where hundreds of Americans were stationed.

  'They're Very Close.' U.S. General Says Iran Is Nearly Able to Build a Nuclear Weapon | W.J. Hennigan | November 24, 2021 | Time

• Erbil, the Iraqi Kurdish capital, is home to a U.S. consulate and thousands of U.S. citizens working in the oil industry.

  PKK Kurdish Terrorists Are Fighting IS Terrorists With U.S. Help | Thomas Seibert | August 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

• McCain said that ISIS held American-made Howitzer cannons had come within range of Erbil, where U.S. personnel reside.

  After Underestimating ISIS, Obama Scrambles for Plan to Defeat Them | Josh Rogin | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

• ISIS forces had come so close to Erbil that the city was in range of the Howitzer artillery cannons that ISIS possesses.

  McCain Calls Obama's 'Pinprick' Iraq Strikes 'Meaningless' and 'Almost Worse Than Nothing' | Josh Rogin | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

• The vehicles were approaching Erbil, the capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan, were many U.S. diplomatic and military personnel reside.

  McCain Calls Obama's 'Pinprick' Iraq Strikes 'Meaningless' and 'Almost Worse Than Nothing' | Josh Rogin | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST