The owner of a restaurant in Duhok province offered free meals and accommodation to a German tourist for several days earlier this week, impressing the worn-out foreigner who had just arrived in the Kurdistan Region after biking from Turkey.

Thirteen oil refineries operate from dusk until dawn in the Kuashi industrial area in Duhok province, producing hazardous gases and releasing chemicals into the air, pushing the residents to leave the area.

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