The Kurdish parties in Kirkuk decided not to celebrate Newroz this year for this reason

Kirkuk The official of the Kirkuk Center for the Kurdistan Socialist Party, Hardi Hassan, announced in a statement that the Kurdish parties in Kirkuk decided not to celebrate Newroz in the Kirkuk this year, in appreciation of the Kurdish victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

He added that the Kurdish parties met in Kirkuk and decided not to celebrate. However, on the evening of the 20th of this month, the flame of Newroz will be lit on the Kirkuk Citadel/End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency