Arbil

We started with one university in Arbil in 1991; today we have three.

Daimnation!: Johann Hari, in today's Daily 2003

The name Arbil was mentioned in the Sumerian holy writings (about 2000 B.C.) as Arbilum,

The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public 2008

Al Jazeera: “US forces, backed by helicopters, have raided the Iranian consulate’s offices in Arbil, the Kurdish capital in northern Iraq.”

Scripting News for 1/11/2007 « Scripting News Annex 2007

[1] The site of this battle was probably Gaugamela, about 60 miles from the present Arbil, which is 40 miles from Mosul, on the Baghdad road.

Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 Anonymous

Tensions have flared between Turkey and Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region after local officials reported a Turkish air strike killed seven civilians on Sunday, triggering protests in the capital Arbil and other towns.

Haggai Carmon: Apology in the Middle East Is a Weapon, or 'Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word' Haggai Carmon 2011

Azad Lashkari/Reuters Policemen stood in line at a polling station in Arbil, 190 miles north of Baghdad.

At Iraq's Voting Sites 2010

Azad Lashkari/Reuters Policemen stood in line at a polling station in Arbil, 190 miles north of Baghdad.

At Iraq's Voting Sites 2010

In 2010, the Association for Crisis Assistance and Development Co-operation (WADI), a German-Iraqi human rights nongovernmental organization, published the results of a study conducted between September 2007 and May 2008 in the provinces of Arbil and Sulaimaniya, and the Germian/Kirkuk region.

Human Rights Watch: Iraqi Kurdistan: Girls and Women Suffer the Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation 2010

In March, Turkey sent its first diplomat to Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, to staff a new consulate there.

John Feffer: Stealth Superpower: How Turkey Is Chasing China to Become the Next Big Thing 2010

Ten years ago who would have imagined Turkish companies building airports in Suleimaniyah and Arbil?

Kurdistan pitches to western investors as secure gateway to Iraq 2010