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August 31st, 2023 
Awake Goy 
Iraq is to kick-start the much-delayed cross-border railway line connecting it with neighbouring Iran. Citing a government source, the Shafaq News Agency reported today that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani is to visit the southern province of Basra where he will lay the foundation stone for the 36 kilometre railway project. The rail will link Iraq’s Basra with the Iranian border town of Shalamcheh and will have a capacity to transport three million passengers per year. An agreement was signed between the two countries in 2021 to commence construction after being in the pipeline for many years. Prior to this, plans were shelved in 2014, the same year that Daesh emerged across parts of northern Iraq and eastern Syria. After repeated set-backs and delays, efforts were revived in […] Source
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