2023-12-30

Unfortunately there is a lot of sad history in this region. This tear-shaped memorial was completed two years ago to remember an attack on the Barzani tribe in 1983 in which 8,000 men were deported and killed by Saddam Hussein's regime.

The Barzani family played an important role in fighting for Kurdish autonomy, and the current prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan is still a Barzani.