Post Iraq War
Karamles has been relatively calm the first months following the US led War on Iraq. In late 2003, the town came briefly under the control of the 101st Airborne Division (377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion).
The town has shown strong support to the Assyrian Democratic Movement during the parliamentary and local elections in 2005, 2007 and 2010. The town has also received thousands of Christian refugees from other parts of the countries after recent waves of violence against them.
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