He has moved dozens of bee hive boxes from central Iraq to seven sites scattered across the mountains of the northern autonomous Kurdistan region, where the air is cooler and the land greener.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/07/iraq-honey-production-mercy-heat-and-drought

Nasr explained that after Iranian Kurds mostly boycotted the 1979 referendum that established the Islamic Republic, many have been seeking safety in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, where they have established political organizations opposing the Iranian regime.

Source: https://themedialine.org/top-stories/iraq-caught-in-crossfire-between-turkeys-and-irans-kurdish-agendas/

The premier also had a separate phone call with the president of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, and discussed the latest situation in Kirkuk.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/205547/Iraqi-PM-urges-restraint-after-deadly-clashes-in-Kirkuk

UNICEF has been working with authorities in Baghdad and in the northern autonomous Kurdistan region to support a “system of social protection” that could lift children “out of poverty”, Munoz added.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/wars-poverty-fuel-spike-in-iraq-child-labor/