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Irbil

British  
/ ˈɪəbɪl /

noun

  1. a variant of Erbil

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Hennis-Plasschaert said many Iraqis were also shocked at an Iranian missile attack in mid-January on the northern city of Irbil, the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, which killed civilians and was at odds “with the great efforts made on the Iraq-Iran security agreement.”

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Consulate compound in the city of Irbil.

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Consulate in Irbil, the seat of Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdish region.

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Consulate compound in Irbil, the seat of Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdish region, and at targets linked to the extremist Islamic State group in northern Syria.

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A few hundred demonstrators gathered in Irbil on Tuesday to protest the attacks.

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