Baghdad Liberation Day in Iraqi Kurdistan
Baghdad Liberation Day in Iraqi Kurdistan is held on April 9. This event in the first decade of the month April is annual. 
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The Kurds have a unique and difficult history in the Middle East. Kurds make up about 10% of the population in Syria, 19% of the population of Turkey, 15-20% of the population of Iraq and are the second largest ethnicity in Iran. Baghdad Liberation Day is an official holiday observed in the autonomous Kurdistan Region in Iraq on April 9th. This regional holiday marks the anniversary of the overthrow the former regime and the removal of Saddam Hussein's rule from power on this day in 2003. The Kurds are often referred to as one of the largest ethnic groups in the world with no state of their own.
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Liberation of Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan on March 7
Commemoration of Anfal Genocide Against the Kurds in Iraqi Kurdistan on April 14
Remembrance of Chemical Attack on Balisan and Sheikh Wasan in Iraqi Kurdistan on April 16
Anniversary of the First Cabinet of Kurdish Government on April 25 (Iraqi Kurdistan);
Kurdish Language Day on May 15
Ceasefire Day on August 8 (Iraqi Kurdistan);
Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union on December 11 (Iraqi Kurdistan)