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Hundreds arrested since Iraqi Kurd protests began

Sulaimaniyah - Muslimchronicle

At least 600 people have been arrested since protests began last week against authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan over corruption and the fallout from a failed independence push, lawmakers said Tuesday. They said hundreds of them were still being held over the unrest, which saw protesters torch offices of political parties in the autonomous region in northern Iraq as anger boiled over atRead more

Iraqi Kurdish ministers resign amid violent protests

Sulaimaniyah - Muslimchronicle

Two political parties have withdrawn from Iraq’s Kurdish regional government amid street protests over delayed salaries, poor services and rampant corruption, a Kurdish lawmaker said Thursday. Thousands of Kurds have taken to the streets in recent days in Sulaimaniyah, a stronghold of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, torching tires and attacking the offices of political parties. Security forces have usedRead more

Protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan despite police clampdown

Sulaimaniyah - Muslimchronicle

Protests raged for a third day in Iraqi Kurdistan on Wednesday despite a clampdown by security forces after five people were killed as ire exploded at the calamitous fallout from an independence vote. Demonstrators in the town of Rania, where five protesters were shot dead and dozens wounded Tuesday, torched the offices of several political parties as people vented theirRead more

Five dead as protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan

Sulaimaniyah - Muslimchronicle

Five people were killed and dozens wounded in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday as security forces opened fire after protesters torched the offices of political parties in the autonomous region, a medical official said. "Clashes erupted with the security forces who opened fire, leaving five dead and at least 70 wounded," said Taha Mohammad, spokesman for the local health department inRead more

Quake kills at least six in Iraq, injures 150

Sulaimaniyah - Muslimchronicle

A powerful earthquake that rocked northeastern Iraq on Sunday killed at least six people and injured 150 others in the country, officials said. "Four people were killed by the earthquake" in Darbandikhan, the town's mayor Nasseh Moulla Hassan told AFP. Another two people were killed in Kalar, according to the director of the hospital in the town about 70 kilometresRead more

10 Kurd fighters dead in clashes with Iraq forces

Sulaimaniyah - Muslimchronicle

At least 10 Kurdish fighters were killed and 27 wounded during fighting overnight with Iraqi pro-government paramilitary forces in disputed Kirkuk province, a Kurdish official said Monday. Sherzad Hassan, deputy director of health in the Chamchamal region, said the toll covered only hospitals in his area. According to Kurdish officials, dozens more peshmerga fighters were missing after Iraqi military forcesRead more