Pictured are Iraqi Jews displaced in 1951. Kurds in Iraq held a ceremony commemorating the expulsion of Jews. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

An unprecedented ceremony marking the deportation of Iraqi Jews seven decades ago was held on Monday in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, Agence France Presse reported.

The report said the ceremony in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, the capital of Kurdistan, was attended by Kurds of Jewish origin and Kurdish officials.

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