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Monday, 10 May, 2021 - 05:45 Kurdish policemen look on towards banners supporting the referendum for independence of Kurdistan in Erbil, Iraq September 24, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani Erbil - Asharq Al-Awsat
The Kurdistan Region Directorate General of Counter Terrorism (CTD) denied on Sunday having any connection with the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, following a report, published by Yahoo, pointing to the involvement of Kurdish officers in the operation.
The CTD noted that the CTG, which was mentioned in an investigative report published by Yahoo, was affiliated with the co-president of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Lahur Sheikh Jangi, the nephew of the late party leader and former Iraqi president Jalal Talbani, adding that this body worked outside the legal contexts of the Kurdistan region.