(20 Aug 2025)
IRAQ SUMMER RESORTS
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Bekhal resort, Irbil province, Iraq – 8 August 2025
1. Various of people at Bekhal waterfalls
2. People taking pictures by waterfalls
3. Various of visitors at the resort
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Chiman Ahmad, Iraqi visitor living in Qatar:
"The mountain views here are incredible, and I really loved the houses in the mountains. This is our third day here. Yesterday, we went to Shaqlawa and it was very nice. Shaqlawa is amazing. We just arrived here and passed by the market. We would like to stay to see the waterfalls and the market area."
5. People buying ice cream from stall
6. Various of visitors by the waterfalls
7. Family posing for photo by the waterfalls
8. People climbing the rocks by thewaterfalls
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein al Khafaji, visitor from Baghdad:
"I was in Turkey a week or 10 days ago. I went there for tourism as well, but the expenses were very high. Turkey is very expensive. But it’s different here. First, they speak the same language, and second, the same touristic places exist here too. So people prefer to come to Kurdistan instead of traveling abroad."
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Akre resort, Dohuk, Iraq – 9 August 2025
10. Various of Gali Sipa resort in Akre, people swimming and cooling off
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ulaa (no last name given), visitor from Baghdad: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
"We came for a change of scenery. You know, temperatures are very high in Baghdad, so we went to the north for a change of scenery. This is not the first time we’ve come here. We have been many times. We come here every year, and God willing, we will continue doing this every year."
12. Various of people by the waterfall and in ponds
13. Family in floatie, people pushing it
14. Family taking picture by the waterfall
15. Sipa waterfall in Akre district of Dohuk
STORYLINE:
With temperatures soaring to around 45°C (113°F) in Baghdad and other cities in central and southern Iraq, many people are taking to summer resorts in the northern Kurdish region to enjoy the cooler weather and the waterfalls in the mountains.
At the Bekhal waterfalls in Irbil province, visitors gathered by the streams, while others climbed the rocks near the falls to take pictures.
"The mountain views here are incredible, and I really loved the houses in the mountains," said Chiman Ahmad, an Iraqi visitor living in Qatar.
Iraq regularly experiences extreme heat waves during the summer months, particularly in July and August.
"Temperatures are very high in Baghdad, so we went to the north for a change of scenery," said a visitor of a resort in Dohuk who only went by the name, Ulaa.
The challenge of staying cool is becoming harder each year for Iraqis as they face the effects of climate change, poor infrastructure and a lack of green spaces.
AP video shot by Rashid Yahya
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