An Iraqi Kurdish man stands with his son near a building destroyed in earthquake at Darbandikhan town, near Sulaymaniya city, northern Iraq. Afan Abdulkhaleq / EPA
An Iraqi Kurdish man stands with his son near a building destroyed in earthquake at Darbandikhan town, near Sulaymaniya city, northern Iraq. Afan Abdulkhaleq / EPA

UAE

Shifting Arabian plates mean tragic disasters are all too frequent for Middle East

Iran in particular hit by devastating quakes

Daniel Bardsley
Daniel Bardsley

November 13, 2017