Yazidi UPDATES genocide has occurred and is ongoing

[Anthea]

Office of KDP candidate
set ablaze in Shingal

The office of a Yazidi candidate running on the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP) ticket for the November legislative elections, was set ablaze by unidentified individuals at dawn on Thursday, following armed clashes between his security detail and the attackers

"Security sides in Shingal have launched an investigation," Khalil told Rudaw. "I have set up two offices in Shingal and Sinune to serve our people."

Khalil, who is also currently a member of the KDP parliamentary bloc in Baghdad, said the attack occurred at 12am midnight. "They were unidentified individuals who set fire to our office's storages downtown Shingal. Our office sustained significant damage due to the fire, but did not cause any human losses," he said.

The KDP candidate assured his party's voters that "no side could stop us from campaigning."

The incident comes a day after the assassination of Safaa al-Mashhadani, a member of Baghdad’s Provincial Council, who was running on the Sunni Arab Sovereignty-Legislation Alliance ticket. The incident marked the first political assassination ahead of Iraq’s legislative elections scheduled for November 11, raising security concerns amid an already tense electoral atmosphere.

Under 'Partnership, Balance, and Agreement," ruling KDP officially on Sunday launched its campaigning for the November vote, in an event where President Masoud Barzani delivered a speech, urging a "calm" campaigning.

"I call for a calm election [campaigning]," KDP President Barzani told his party's candidates and supporters.

The KDP has traditionally had the strongest fan base among Kurdish voters,Yazidis included, in the Nineveh province.

With 175 names, KDP has the highest number of candidates who have fielded candidacy on its list. KDP has 61 candidates in Nineveh province, the party's highest number across all electoral constituencies.

Campaigning for Iraq’s November elections began on October 3 and will continue until November 8. Security forces and special voters will cast their ballots on November 9, followed by the general election on November 11.

The KDP currently has 31 representatives in the Iraqi parliament, including nine from Nineveh province - the highest among all the Kurdish parties in the Kurdish Region, followed by Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK) 17.

https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/16102025