Makhmur (Arabic: مخمور, romanized: Maẖmūr, Kurdish: مەخموور, romanized: Mexmûr) is a town in Nineveh Governorate,[1] Iraq. It is situated strategically approximately 60 km southwest of Erbil as well as 80 km north-east of Kirkuk and 80 km south-east of Mosul.
Makhmur | |
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Town | |
  Makhmur location of Makhmur | |
| Coordinates: 35°46′32″N 43°34′46″E / 35.77556°N 43.57944°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Nineveh Governorate |
| District | Makhmur District |
| Elevation | 254 m (833 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 23,828 |
Background
editDuring the 2014 ISIL crisis, the town was captured by ISIL militants.[2] A volunteer civilian militia to defend the town was created in response.[3] The town was then reclaimed by the Iraqi Army in October 2017.
During the 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, clashes were reported on the outskirts of the town between Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi army, supported by the Popular Mobilization Forces (also known as Hashd al-Shaabi), until it was fully recaptured by the latter.[4]
Refugee camp
editSituated in the Makhmur District is the Makhmur refugee camp, which was founded in 1998.[5] Around 12,000 Kurdish refugees, who fled the Kurdish-Turkish conflict in the 1990s, live in this refugee camp.[6]
It has been subject to continuous drone strikes by the Turkish state.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Mosul City Profile" (PDF). UN Habitat.
- ^ Meet the PKK, Vice News
- ^ Khalel, Sheren; Vickery, Matthew (20 August 2014). "The Locked and Loaded Carpenters of Makhmour". Foreign Policy Magazine.
- ^ Peshmerga repel Iraqi forces attack in Makhmour, Rudaw. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Çerny, Hannes (2018). Iraqi Kurdistan, the PKK and International Relations. Routledge. p. 260. ISBN 9781138676176.
- ^ "'This is a betrayal': Kurdish villagers in Iraq say Turkey is 'no different from Isis'". The Independent. 2015-08-02. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ "Turkish drone strike on Makhmour refugee camp kills one". Medya News. 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
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