2020 storming of the Kurdistan Democratic Party headquarters

The 2020 storming of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Headquarters was a riot and violent attack against the Kurdistan Democratic Party on Saturday, October 17, 2020.^[1][2] The angry Popular Mobilization Forces supporters stormed the KDP offices in Karrada district in central Baghdad^[1] after the former Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in an interview with Alhurra that "the Iraqi Government needs to clean up the Green Zone from the presence of the Popular Mobilization Forces" to protect the major road connected to Baghdad International Airport.^[3][4] The demonstrators set the KDP building on fire^[3][5] and burned Kurdish flags.^[3][6] The Iraqi prime minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi decided to dismiss the manager of security forces in Baghdad general Jawad Al Daraji after Iraqi security abstained from preventing the protestors.^[7]

Hoshyar Zebari

References

1. "Angry Iraqis ransack Kurdish party HQ in Baghdad". Anadolu Agency. October 17, 2020. from the original on 2020-10-21.
2. "PHOTOS: Pro-militia crowd sets Baghdad office of Kurdish party ablaze". Kurdistan24 TV. October 18, 2020. from the original on 2021-12-07.
3. "Baghdad: Kurd party offices torched by Hashd al-Shaabi supporters". Aljazeera. October 17, 2020. from the original on 2020-10-17.
4. "'An attack on coexistence': Kurdish officials condemn storming of KDP office in Baghdad". Rudaw TV. October 17, 2020. from the original on 2020-10-19.
5. "Protestors burn Kurdish party's HQ in Baghdad over anti-Hashd Shaabi comment". Xinhua Net. October 17, 2020. from the original on 2020-10-20.
6. "Iraqi Kurdistan Region President denounces attack on KDP headquarters in Baghdad". Presidency of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. October 17, 2020. from the original on 2020-11-01.
7. . Bahzani. October 17, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-19.