EVENT INFORMATION

16
Maart
1988

Iraqi forces attack Halabja with chemical weapons

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๐Ÿ“… 16 Maart 1988 ๐Ÿ“ Iran

Iraqi forces attacked Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan with chemical weapons, killing thousands of civilians. Iranian forces were operating in the area and Iran publicized evidence of the attack. The massacre also targeted Kurdish civilians under Iraqi rule; it should be understood as part of Iraqโ€™s wider campaign against Kurdish communities, not only as a bilateral battlefield event.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Halabja civilians

Kurdish Peshmerga

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Iraq

Iraqi Armed Forces

Kurdish communities

Iranian forces