Erbil, Iraq, The official holidays for the commemoration of the Iraqi Kurdistan uprising in 1991 will be marked on March 4 and 5.

Mohammed Qaradakhi, Council Secretary of the Kurdistan Council of Ministers, made the announcement, adding that the rest of the holidays for March will be announced later.

The internationally supported 1991 uprising led to the establishment of the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region.

Other official holidays this month are March 11, when the Kurdistan autonomy agreement was signed; March 14, the birthday of Great Barzani, Mustafa Barzani the spiritual father for many Iraqi Kurds; while March 21, marks Newroz, the Kurdish New Year.