2020 storming of the Kurdistan Democratic Party headquarters

 
The 2020 storming of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Headquarter was a riot and violent attack against the Kurdistan Democratic Party on Saturday morning, October 17, 2020. The angry protesters Supporters Popular Mobilization Forces stormed the Kurdistan Democratic Party offices in Karrada district in central Baghdad after the former Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in interview with Alhurra TV channel had said the Iraqi Government needed to clean up the Green Zone in Baghdad from the presence of Popular Mobilization Forces. to protect the major road connected to Baghdad International Airport. The demonstrators set the Kurdistan Democratic Party building on fire and burned Kurdish flags. The Iraqi prime minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi decided to dismiss the manager of security forces in Baghdad general Jawad Al Daraji after Iraqi security abstained from preventing the protestors.