ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A delegation from the Kurdistan region's parliament is in Turkey to participate in a conference on the rebuilding of the ethnically Kurdish city of Kobane, an official with the Kurdistan Regional Government has said.
“A delegation of four people from different backgrounds is in the city of Amed to participate in the conference, which will be held for two days,” Fakhradin Qadir, parliamentary secretary, told Rudaw on Saturday.
The conference will reportedly be attended by at least 300 people, including national representatives, Kurdish officials, and activists. The administrative council of Kobane as well as the Democratic Union Party are also participating in the debate.
The Kurdish National Council (KNC) in Syria will reportedly not take part.
Troops from the Kurdistan Regional Government began returning from Kobane last week, leaving the area under the protection of the Kurdish Protection Units.
The Kurdish-populated city was overrun by ISIS in September and much of the infrastructure was destroyed in months of fighting.
The city became a symbol of Kurdish resistance, after a combined force of Kurdish YPG fighters and Peshmerga troops – backed by coalition air power – forced ISIS to retreat and abandon efforts to capture the city.
Kurdish forces declared the city liberated on January 26.
“A delegation of four people from different backgrounds is in the city of Amed to participate in the conference, which will be held for two days,” Fakhradin Qadir, parliamentary secretary, told Rudaw on Saturday.
The conference will reportedly be attended by at least 300 people, including national representatives, Kurdish officials, and activists. The administrative council of Kobane as well as the Democratic Union Party are also participating in the debate.
The Kurdish National Council (KNC) in Syria will reportedly not take part.
Troops from the Kurdistan Regional Government began returning from Kobane last week, leaving the area under the protection of the Kurdish Protection Units.
The Kurdish-populated city was overrun by ISIS in September and much of the infrastructure was destroyed in months of fighting.
The city became a symbol of Kurdish resistance, after a combined force of Kurdish YPG fighters and Peshmerga troops – backed by coalition air power – forced ISIS to retreat and abandon efforts to capture the city.
Kurdish forces declared the city liberated on January 26.
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