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Iraq-Turkey railway to reopen after seven years

After a seven-year stoppage in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a railway linking northern Iraq and Turkey has reopened, Reuters has reported. The train service between Mosul and southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, which covers a distance of about 600 km and will also carry freight, will operate twice a week.

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