...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the head of Duhok’s forestry and agriculture directory told Rudaw on Wednesday, as he lamented the destruction of the Region’s forests.
For years, Duhok has played host to the decades-long conflict between the PKK and Turkey in the Kurdistan Region, being the subject of constant bombardment and other offenses that have harmed Duhok, its people, and its environment greatly.
Kawa Sabri, head of Duhok’s forestry and agriculture directory, told Rudaw on Wednesday that some 18-20,000 dunams (between 45 and 50 square kilometers) of forest and over 1,200 dunams (three square kilometers) of agricultural fields in Duhok - from the Zakho border to Amedi - were damaged last year due to the continuous conflict. An Iraqi dunam is roughly 2,500 square meters.