Kurdish protesters set fire to KDP office in northern Iraq

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq – Kurdish protesters demanding the ouster of the semi-autonomous regional government in northern Iraq set fire to an office of the ruling Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) on Monday near the city of Sulaimaniyah, social media footage showed.

Local media reported that protesters had also set fire to the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the KDP's coalition partner in government, as well as to those of two other regional parties.

At least 3,000 Kurdish demonstrators had gathered earlier in Sulaimaniyah in protest against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) after years of austerity and unpaid public sector salaries.