into districts (or qadhas ). Iraqi Kurdistan ( Arbil , Duhok , Sulaymaniyah ) is the only legally defined region within Iraq, with its own government and quasi-official militia . Baghdad Salah ad Din Diyala Wasit Maysan Al Basrah Dhi Qar Al Muthanna Al-Qadisiyyah Babil Karbala An Najaf Al Anbar Ninawa