Afrida Ahmed
The parliament building was stormed by Protesters in Irbil on Sunday after Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani declared he is resigning from his presidency.Members of parliament and journalists were attacked by angry kurds while at the same time a group of people waved the Kurdish flags to show Barzani support. After Barzani announced his resignation, he asked the parliament to allocate all its duties among the Kurdish prime minister, parliament and the judiciary. Recently, government in Iraq’s Kurdistan region offered the Baghdad’s government to stop the referendum results but Abadi declined that offered.A photojournalist of Kurdistan TV in Dagug district was murdered by the Iranian-controlled Shi’ite militias of Hashd al-Shaabi. According to media reports, the cameraman was stabbed to death at his house. Sharif’s death happened after Kirkuk had been destroyed since Iraqi federal forces seized the territory from Kardish Peshmerga troops in response to an independence referendum.
Source: Basnews, Voanews and Iraqi news