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Iraqi Kurdish shepherds stoic in face of yet another war
Over 300 Iranian drone and missile strikes have forced Kurdish shepherds to keep livestock near villages, abandoning traditional distant grazing in the Zagros Mountains.
- Facing recent strikes, Iraqi Kurdish shepherds have retreated from the hills, now keeping their 150 goats and sheep at the foot of the Zagros near Rawanduz.
- The Zagros range, about 50 kilometres from Iran, has been regularly struck by Iranian drone and missile strikes, with the Community Peacemakers Teams NGO recording more than 300 since the war began.
- Shwan Nabi, 34, shepherd, witnessed a drone strike on Mount Korek and said they must keep grazing despite worry; another herder reported his 50 cows produce less milk because of the noise.
- Herders in Iraqi Kurdistan say they are trying to preserve a centuries-old grazing lifestyle under the Zagros skies despite being repeatedly caught in the middle of past and ongoing conflicts.
- Some herders were former fighters, reflecting the region's recent wars, as Nabi, who fought in the 2015 battle of Sinjar, observed ongoing strikes mainly hitting Iranian Kurdish fighters, CPT recorded over 300 attacks.
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Iraqi Kurdish shepherds stoic in face of yet another war
Through one conflict after another, herders in Iraqi Kurdistan have grazed their animals under the endless blue skies of the Zagros Mountains -- a lifestyle they are stoically trying to maintain as yet another war engulfs the region.
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