The Kirkuk Governorate Police Spokesperson, Amer Shawani, announced today, Sunday, the lifting of the curfew and the opening of the road between Kirkuk and Erbil, after the sit-in’s withdrawal.
Shawani said in a statement, “The curfew was lifted and the road between Kirkuk and Erbil opened, after the protesters withdrew from in front of the joint operations headquarters, after the order to hand over the operations headquarters to the Kurdistan Democratic Party was stopped until further notice.”
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Muhammad al-Sudani, directed yesterday, Saturday, to “impose a curfew in Kirkuk and to initiate large-scale security operations in the areas that witnessed riots for the purpose of thoroughly inspecting them,” calling on “all political parties and social and popular actors to take their role in preventing sedition and maintaining security, stability and order in Kirkuk province.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency