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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Forced from their homes a decade ago, more than a quarter of a million Syrian refugees currently reside in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) across Duhok, Sulaymaniyah, and Erbil governorates. While two-thirds of Syrian refugees live in KRI urban areas, the other third remain in refugee camps. Most Syrian refugees in Iraq are of Kurdish origin, with the majority having arrived in 2012 and 2013 at the beginning of the Syrian crisis, and their shared identity as Kurds has contributed to a high degree of social and cultural integration. Commendably, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has es…