BAGHDAD,— The Iraqi Parliament has approved a proposal regarding the Ba’ath Regime’s Anfal campaign against the people of the Kurdistan Region.

The fourteenth of April is the anniversary of the Anfal campaign against Kurds, which is believed to have killed and caused the disappearance of an estimated 182,000 Kurds.

The Anfal campaign, launched and led by Ba’ath Party Secretary-General Ali Hassan al-Majid – also known as Chemical Ali – is widely understood to have begun in 1986 and lasted through 1988. Ground offensives, aerial bombardments, systematic destruction of villages and mass deportations were used as part of the campaign.

A chemical weapons attack on Halabja in 1988, as part of the Anfal campaign, killed up to 5,000 people and wounded thousands more.

April 14 is now considered a national day, according to the proposal approved during a session Thursday (April 13).

The proposal states a special box will be established to compensate the families of the victims affected by the Anfal campaign. A center will be established to translate the documents on Anfal to show the international community, the proposal added.

A monument is expected to be created in Baghdad as well as efforts made for the international community to recognize Anfal as an act of genocide.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said in a statement on Friday (April 14) that the people of the Kurdistan Region stand against another Anfal, attacks from the Islamic State.

Families of the victims marked the 29th anniversary of the Anfal campaign against Kurds in Garmyan on Friday. Senior Kurdish officials were invited to the ceremony marking the anniversary but none have so far attended as of the date of this article.

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