March 11: The day Erbil stood up against dictatorship

Today, March 11, marks the anniversary of the liberation of Erbil from the clutches of the former Iraqi Ba'ath regime during the 1991 Kurdish uprising and the proclamation of freedom and democracy in the city of Erbil.
 
On the night of 10-11 March 1991, the spark of the uprising spread to the villages and areas surrounding the city of Erbil. The masses began to rise under the leadership and supervision of Mr. Kosrat Rasul Ali, heading towards the city of Erbil. The dictatorial regime did not have the chance to even stand up to the masses, where the Ba'athist soldiers fled their headquarters and camps with their equipment, weapons, and various mechanisms and the Peshmerga forces progressed with the support of the masses of the city of Erbil.
  
On the afternoon of March 11, 1991, the city of Erbil was fully liberated after the escape and surrender of all members of security and police of the Ba'ath regime.
 
The Kurdish uprising first began on March 5, 1991, and later spread throughout Kurdistan, where the people of Kurdistan rose against the regime of the fallen dictator Saddam Hussein, as the Peshmerga forces and the people of Kurdistan recorded heroic epics that led to the liberation of Kurdistan from the grip of the Baathists.



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