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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Exile in Limbo - Watching Home Burn from a Distance - Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq In the Baharka district, the daily existence of Syrian Kurdish refugees is defined by a haunting duality. While laborers attempt to focus on their work in bakeries and construction sites, in local clinics, doctors attend to patients whose physical ailments are often deepened by the psychological trauma of the war, checking vitals while the sick anxiously await updates from home.Inside the shelters, even the children have replaced cartoons with graphic news feeds, gathering around small screens to watch the destruction of a homeland they can barely remember. Whether in a clinic, a workshop, or a home, thousands here live a surreal reality physically safe in the Kurdistan Region, but mentally living on the frontlines of the conflict in Rojava and Aleppo Iraq on January 11, 2026. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACA

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Rally Asserts Kurdish Unity Amid Rising Regional Tensions - Iraq

Kurdish protesters gather in Erbil in a powerful display of cross-border solidarity with the besieged Kurdish population in Aleppo, Syria, and those facing oppression in Iran. Demonstrators chanted slogans of national defiance, most notably "Rojava and Rojhelat, Kurdistan is one country," asserting a unified Kurdish identity that transcends geopolitical borders. The rally serves as a desperate call to the international community to intervene against the systemic violence and humanitarian crises targeting Kurdish minorities across the region in Erbil, Iraq on January 9, 2025. Photo by Rashid Sabur Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wolf Moon Rises Over Erbil Skyline - Iraq

A view of the first full moon of 2026, also called the "Wolf Moon," seen over the skyline of Erbil city, Iraq Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wolf Moon Rises Over Erbil Skyline - Iraq

A view of the first full moon of 2026, also called the "Wolf Moon," seen over the skyline of Erbil city, Iraq Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Ancient Guardians of Bakhazner - Iraq

In the isolated village of Bakhazner in the Taq Taq district of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, two sisters, Mestan Rasul Muhiddin and Gustan Rasul Muhiddin, both over 85 years old, continue to embody a vanishing way of life. Born and raised in Bakhazner, the sisters have spent their entire lives on their family's land, witnessing decades of regional transformation without ever leaving. Living independently, they dedicate their lives to the arduous tasks of livestock farming and shepherding, traditions passed down through generations. Their self-sufficiency and deep-rooted connection to the rugged Zagros foothills landscape provide a rare insight into traditional Kurdish pastoral life, which is under threat from modernisation and rural-to-urban migration. Despite their advanced age, the Rasul Muhiddin sisters remain the primary caretakers of their flock, serving as the living memory of their community, on January 3, 2026, in Taq Taq district of the Kurdistan Region, in Iraq. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACAPR

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The Ancient Guardians of Bakhazner - Iraq

In the isolated village of Bakhazner in the Taq Taq district of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, two sisters, Mestan Rasul Muhiddin and Gustan Rasul Muhiddin, both over 85 years old, continue to embody a vanishing way of life. Born and raised in Bakhazner, the sisters have spent their entire lives on their family's land, witnessing decades of regional transformation without ever leaving. Living independently, they dedicate their lives to the arduous tasks of livestock farming and shepherding, traditions passed down through generations. Their self-sufficiency and deep-rooted connection to the rugged Zagros foothills landscape provide a rare insight into traditional Kurdish pastoral life, which is under threat from modernisation and rural-to-urban migration. Despite their advanced age, the Rasul Muhiddin sisters remain the primary caretakers of their flock, serving as the living memory of their community, on January 3, 2026, in Taq Taq district of the Kurdistan Region, in Iraq. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACAPR

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The Ancient Guardians of Bakhazner - Iraq

In the isolated village of Bakhazner in the Taq Taq district of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, two sisters, Mestan Rasul Muhiddin and Gustan Rasul Muhiddin, both over 85 years old, continue to embody a vanishing way of life. Born and raised in Bakhazner, the sisters have spent their entire lives on their family's land, witnessing decades of regional transformation without ever leaving. Living independently, they dedicate their lives to the arduous tasks of livestock farming and shepherding, traditions passed down through generations. Their self-sufficiency and deep-rooted connection to the rugged Zagros foothills landscape provide a rare insight into traditional Kurdish pastoral life, which is under threat from modernisation and rural-to-urban migration. Despite their advanced age, the Rasul Muhiddin sisters remain the primary caretakers of their flock, serving as the living memory of their community, on January 3, 2026, in Taq Taq district of the Kurdistan Region, in Iraq. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACAPR

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The Ancient Guardians of Bakhazner - Iraq

In the isolated village of Bakhazner in the Taq Taq district of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, two sisters, Mestan Rasul Muhiddin and Gustan Rasul Muhiddin, both over 85 years old, continue to embody a vanishing way of life. Born and raised in Bakhazner, the sisters have spent their entire lives on their family's land, witnessing decades of regional transformation without ever leaving. Living independently, they dedicate their lives to the arduous tasks of livestock farming and shepherding, traditions passed down through generations. Their self-sufficiency and deep-rooted connection to the rugged Zagros foothills landscape provide a rare insight into traditional Kurdish pastoral life, which is under threat from modernisation and rural-to-urban migration. Despite their advanced age, the Rasul Muhiddin sisters remain the primary caretakers of their flock, serving as the living memory of their community, on January 3, 2026, in Taq Taq district of the Kurdistan Region, in Iraq. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACAPR

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Wolf Moon Supermoon - Iraq

A cinematic view shows the first full moon of the year, traditionally called the "Wolf Moon," rising majestically behind the snowy summit of Mount Safeen in the Shaqlawa district of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The astronomical event provides a stunning contrast between the luminous lunar surface and the rugged winter landscape of the Zagros mountain range , on January 3, 2026 in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Photo by Othman Sabur Rashid/ABACAPRESS.COM