A view of the Halgurd-Sakran National Park, 170km northeast of the Iraqi city of Arbil, on September 1, 2013

A view of the Halgurd Sakran National Park, 170km northeast of the Iraqi city of Arbil, on September 1. Near Iraq’s northernmost point, close to Turkey and Iran, a national park of snow-capped peaks and forested valleys is drawing tourists and researchers keen to explore a hardly touched land.