Damac one of Dubai’s largest private Dubai Property developer ,it is claimed has had its project in Iraq cancelled due to late start of the project, Damac considered Iraq as a land of new opportunity with the launch of Tarin Hills project located in Kurdistan region of Iraq, with the end of the Iraq war an extensive airport this region was to be an area of opportunity to build villas and apartment with 5 star hotel and golf courses, unfortunately the financial crisis meant that the project didn’t get off the ground and the Iraq government have revoked the building license for the development stating late commencement of works