Iraqis in resort town face return to Anbar unrest
 

https://s3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v...d5c103c17c.jpgWhen fighting erupted in Iraq's Anbar province in December, Abu Mohammed fled with his family to a virtually empty summer resort far to the **rth to take advantage of its off-season rates and wait out the conflict. But high season is about to begin in Shaqlawa, nestled beneath the Safin Mountains nearly 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) up, a place where Iraqis seek to escape scorching summer temperatures. But with ** end in sight to the unrest back home, Anbaris like Abu Mohammed are running out of cash and face the unpleasant prospect of being forced to go back to it all. But they illustrate the broad effect the violence has had, with some 10,000 families having made their way to Iraq's auto**mous **rthern Kurdish region, where Shaqlawa is located, according to the migration and displacement ministry.




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