Vittnen: Kurdiska parlamentet stormat i Arbil
Hundratals människor, vissa beväpnade med påkar, har stormat parlamentsbyggnaden i Arbil sedan Masoud Barzani, regionpresident i irakiska Kurdistan, meddelat att han avgår. Det skriver TT med hänvisning till Reuters.
Skottlossning har hörts i samband med stormningen, som ska ha utförts av anhängare till Barzani. Flera av dem hävdar att de tillhör den kurdiska peshmergastyrkan.
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Masoud Barzani
Wikipedia (en)
Masoud Barzani (Kurdish: مەسعوود بارزانی or Mesûd Barzanî; born 16 August 1946) is a Kurdish politician who has been President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region since 2005. However, Barzani’s post has sparked controversy, as his tenure expired 19 August 2015. He is also leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979.
Masoud Barzani succeeded his father, the Kurdish nationalist leader Mustafa Barzani, as the leader of the KDP in 1979. Working closely with his brother Idris Barzani until Idris's death, Barzani and various other Kurdish groups fought the forces of the Iraqi government in Baghdad during the Iran–Iraq War. For much of this time, the Kurdish leadership was exiled to Iran.
Barzani was born in Iranian Kurdistan, during the short-lived Republic of Mahabad.
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