Kurdistan Region announces Halabja as a province officially
Halabja district is affiliated to Sulaimaniyah province, located on the borders of Kurdistan with Iran, the city was shelled by chemical weapons used by the former regime against its population in the sixteenth of March 1988 that caused the death of 5 thousands of residents and the injury of about 20 thousand others as reported by local and international statistics.
"The Cabinet of Kurdistan Region approved Halabja as a province officially and there are some remaining technical measures to complete that issue," Adham told "Shafaq News".
He added that sharazur, Penjwen and Sayed Sadiq areas will be affiliated to Halabja.
The President of Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani has promised at a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Halabja city on March 16, to transfer Halabja district to a province.
PM Barzani said in his speech that his government is trying by all means to remove all obstacles in the way of converting Halabja district to a province because the law allows it.
