01 March 2010 Middle East

FIRST TURKEY-IRAQ TRAIN

In mid-February, the first train from Iraq in many years arrived at Gaziantep in southern Turkey, via Syria. It departed from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, covering the 500km in 18 hours. It is intended to run a weekly service in each direction, the Gulf Times reports. The route forms part of th

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