Place · Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region linking Israel, neighboring Arab countries, Iran and surrounding lands at a strategic gateway between Europe, Asia and Africa. Its ancient cultures, religious traditions, energy resources and waterways have shaped world history and modern international affairs.
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Republic of MahabadThe Republic of Mahabad was a Kurdish self-governing republic established in northwestern Iran in 1946 under President Qazi Muhammad. Sustained in part by Soviet support, it lasted eleven months before Iranian forces ended it, but remained a landmark of Kurdish national history.RanyaRanya is a town in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, within the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Its association with the March 1991 uprising against Saddam Hussein’s regime is preserved in the name Raparin, meaning “uprising.”Qandil MountainsThe Qandil Mountains lie in northern Iraq along the Iran–Iraq border. Long the principal fortified base of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, they anchor a network extending through Sinjar into Syria.QamishliQamishli is a city in northeastern Syria on the Turkish border, within Hasakah Governorate and Syrian Kurdistan. Its Armenian, Syriac, Kurdish and Jewish histories intersect with its later role as an SDF administrative center and a focus of regional military competition.
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