It was only after all the strong Persian and Persian-allied forces were routed that he penetrated deep into captured the regional capital of Iraq, Al-Hira.
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Since 2008, Hillah has hosted an annual medical conference under the slogan " Babylon . . cultural capital of Iraq . . the future of medicine in scientific research ".
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Jay Garner, the retired U . S . general charged with leading efforts to reconstruct Iraq, arrived Wednesday in Irbil, the administrative capital of Iraq's de-facto autonomous Kurdish region.
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It was Bagdad, christened by railroad officials trying to come up with a name suitable to the oppressive climate but apparently unaware that the capital of Iraq has an " h " in it.
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On 11 May 2016, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) conducted a series of attacks in and near Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, killing at least 110 people and wounding more than 165.
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It was chosen as the cultural capital of Iraq in 2008 because of its large cultural gatherings and art galleries, as well as the many talents in all fields of culture and art, particularly poetry, writing, music and vocals.
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The "'November 2010 Baghdad bombings "'occurred on 2 November 2010, when between 57 and 62 people were killed and more than 300 people were wounded after a series of ten bomb explosions in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.
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Rashid al-Rifai was born in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq at a time when it was very underdeveloped, the son of Muhammad-Said Alwan Rifai ( 1888-1979 ) a customs official who was originally from the city of Al Musayyib in Babil Province south of the Capital.
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"' Operation Black Eagle "'is an operation in which U . S . and Polish troops battled gunmen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the town of Al Diwaniyah, which is the capital of Iraq's Al-Qdisiyyah Governorate, for control of the city.
