The Kurdish town of Diyana (Diana) heading east towards the border with Iran under Allied No Fly Zone protection. Smuggling town

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Diyana, Iraqi Kurdistan after 1991 Kurdish uprising. Kurdish peshmerga (fighter) martyr and heroic leaders' portraits replaced those of Saddam Hussein on street corners and public places. Kurds in traditional costume. Black market goods including weapons sold here in abundance in period of double sanctions, international sancions imposed on Ba'ath regime and sanctions imposed by Saddam on the Kurdish Autonomous Area, as it was then known. Now independent Kurdistan Regional Government.

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Size: 5322px × 3416px
Location: Diyana, Iraq
Photo credit: © Sheri Laizer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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