

ERBIL — The Iranian-backed militias of Hashd al-Shaabi have begun looting the properties of the Kurdish people in Kirkuk and burning the houses of the Kurdish officials in the city.

Mohammad Kamal, a member of Kirkuk Provincial Council, told BasNews that the Hashd al-Shaabi militias have begun looting the Kurdish houses, specifically those belonging to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) members.

He noted that the militias have looted his house, the house of Irfan Kirkuki, leader of Turkmen People's Party, and Aram Ahmad Mama, head of KDP’s branch office in Kirkuk.

The militias have looted and burned many other houses of the KDP officials and members in Kirkuk, according to sources inside Kirkuk.

Colonel Idrees Rafaat, a security official in Kirkuk, told BasNews that Hashd al-Shaabi militias were looting the Kurdish houses under the pretext of searching operations.

The Hashd al-Shaabi militias, backed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, pushed into Kirkuk Province on October 16 and recaptured the city.

Photo of burning Kurdish houses by Hashd al-Shaabi in Kirkuk