Halabja
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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That tension over water persists all the way beyond the mountains near Halabja, where the Sirwan forms the border between Iran and Iraq.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
He won the Robert Capa Gold Medal covering the 1979 Revolution for TIME, and photographed Saddam Hussein’s gas attack on Halabja.
From Time ● Aug. 30, 2016
"I was born on 16 March," Shalah tells me, "the day Halabja was attacked. Not the same year but on the same date."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2014
My young translator, Yereven Saeed, came from Halabja, a handsome town of stone houses and colourful meadows next to the Iranian border.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2014
In the end, however, the battle for Halabja seemed inconclusive.
From Time Magazine Archive
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