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The Halabja chemical attack, also known as the Halabja Massacre or Bloody Friday, was a massacre against the Kurdish people that took place on March 16, 1988, during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War in the Kurdish city of Halabja in Iraq. The attack was part of the Al-Anfal Campaign in northern Iraq, as well as part of the Iraqi attempt to repel the Iranian Operation Zafar 7. It took place 48 hours after the fall of the town to the Iranian Army. A United Nations (UN) medical investigation concluded that mustard gas was used in the attack, along with unidentified nerve agents.
Iraq presently consists of 19 governorates, also known as "provinces". As per the Iraqi constitution, three or more governorates can join to form an autonomous region. Baghdad and Basra are the oldest standing administrative regions of Iraq while In 2014 the decision was made to create the Halabja Governorate out of the Halabja District of Sulaymaniyah Governorate.
Ma'rib is a governorate of Yemen. It is located 173 kilometers to the northeast of Yemen's capital, Sana'a. The population of Ma'rib Governorate comprises 1.2% of the country's total population. The city of Ma'rib is the capital of the governorate, and was established after the discovery of oil deposits in 1984.
Iraq's 19 governorates are subdivided into 120 districts (kaza).
The district usually bears the same name as the district capital.
Halab is the ancient name of Aleppo in northern Syria.
The Hebron Governorate is an administrative district of Palestine in the southern West Bank.
Dekon is a village in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq. The village's population consists of more than 100 families.
The disputed territories of Northern Iraq are regions defined by article 140 of the Constitution of Iraq as being Arabised during Baath Party rule in Iraq. Most of these regions are inhabited by non-Arabs, most notably by Assyrians, Yazidis, Turkmens/Turkomans, Shabaks and Kurds.
Saidsadiq District is a district of eastern Sulaymaniyah Governorate in Iraq. The main town of Said Sadiq is 60 kilometers south-east of the city of Sulaymaniyah. There is more than one story about the naming of Sayed Sadiq city. It is said that a man named Sidsadeg built the city. It is also said that the name came from the name of Mount Sincere in Iraqi Kurdistan. Sidesadeg has more than 100,000 inhabitants and more than 25,000 houses. It is a cosmopolitan city.
Yousif Muhammed Sadiq is an Iraqi Kurdish politician of the Movement for Change (Gorran).
The University of Halabja, also Halabja University or UoH is one of the Iraqi Kurdistan public universities founded in 2011 in the city of Halabja, Halabja Governorate. The university offers a variety of programs such as human sciences, law, physical education, engineering, sciences. Programs last for four years and students receive BA degrees in their corresponding fields at the end of the fourth year. the university campus is situated in Halabja and the department of Kurdish Language in Sharazoor District. The first president of Halabja University was Dr. Khasraw Abdulla Ali. The current president is Dr. Tahseen Adbulkareem Zangna
Byara District(Sorani Kurdish: قەزای بیارە) is a district of the Halabja Governorate, Iraq. Its hub is the city of Byara
Khurmal District is a district of the Halabja Governorate, Iraq. Its capital is the city of Khurmal.
Byara (Kurdish:بیارە) is a town located in the Halabja province of Iraqi Kurdistan. It is the main town of Byara District.
Ali Osman Ali is current governor of Halabja Province in Iraq. Graduated from College of Law, University of Sulaimania, he was given the role of governor on 26 August 2016. He was replaced with Azad Tofiq in an internal deal by his governing PUK political party.
Halabja District may refer to:
Sirwan District is a district of the Halabja Governorate, Iraq.
