Nov 30th, 2009
As convoys escort trucks across the border between Turkey and Iraq, Soldiers take advantage of one of Iraq’s most accommodating cities to rest between missions.
Service members and local nationals at Habur Gate operate a former hotel building, converted into a place where Soldiers eat, sleep, relax and recover while they wait for their next convoy mission.
Jun 23rd, 2008
In the heart of the city stood a dilapidated orphanage built in the mid-1960s. The building was a mere structure for the orphans to call home. But in 2007, nearly 40 years after the orphanage opened, the KRG along with USACE closed down the facility, and paved way for a new center for orphans and the elderly, dubbed the Erbil orphanage & senior center.