Originally Posted by
DanielW
A great visit to the Iraqi Kurdistan, ChiefNWA.
A bummer to hear you need a visa now to visit Mosul.
Sad to hear the IDP camps are now full again after the US abandoned the Kurds to the Turks in Northern Syria. Must have been unsettling to hear the Turkish drones above too.
I "think" you have always needed a visa to enter real Iraq. I was able to tag along with Sardar two years back, but at each checkpoint, I just kept my head down and let him do the talking. He said it's 50/50 at best.