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Mar 2023
10m 29s

Iraq War: Refugees escaping

Bbc World Service
About this episode

It has been 20 years since the start of the Iraq War.

Millions of citizens attempted to flee the country after America and its allies invaded in March 2003.

One of those people was Baghdad resident, Yasir Dhannoon.

He has been sharing his story with Matt Pintus.

(Photo: Refugees fleeing from the fighting zone around Baghdad in 2003. Credit: Getty Images)

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