Turkish diplomats remember 1988 killing of Iraqi Kurds

ANKARA

Turkish diplomats in northern Iraq on Monday commemorated a 1988 chemical attack on the city of Halabja which killed or injured thousands of local Kurds.

In a Twitter post, the Turkish Consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), said the chemical attack on Kurdish-populated Iraqi city of Halabja violated “human dignity."

"We once again commemorate our Kurdish brothers and sisters who lost their lives in the chemical attack on Halabja by the [Iraqi] Baath regime on March 16, 1988, and wish Allah's mercy on those who lost their lives," it said.

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