Naft Khana
Naft Khana is an Iraqi town in Diyala Governorate, central Iraq, near the Iraqi-Iranian border.[1] Its population were Kurdish nationality during the Iran-Iraq war. Its residents were displaced according to the Arabization policy. Nearby are oil fields containing oil wells found by British companies after the British occupation in 1924.[2] It is considered one of the richest areas in the Diyala Governorate.[3]
Iraq-Iran war[edit]
And it turned into a purely military area, where Iraqi army established camps and headquarters for the border guards, and after the American-Iraqi war, and after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, specifically in the year 2003, Kurdish families began to return to this area, but they found it a barren desert inhabited only by wolves.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ "PMF deploys troops on Naft Khana road - Shafaq News". PMF deploys troops on Naft Khana road - Shafaq News. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ "Naft Khana, Iraq - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ "Naft Khana field | Iraq Business News". Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ Hasan, DWF LLP-Hadeel A.; Kiryushin, Slava (2021-05-29). "First-step analysis: the oil market and regulation in Iraq". Lexology. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ "حقول النفط في العراق بقلم الدكتور منذر ظاهر نصيف – كلية العلوم | جامعة ديالى" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-05-18.