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Iraq President says he'd rather quit than designate PM nominee rejected by
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 27 (ANI): Iraqi President Barham Salih said on Thursday he would rather resign than designate Asaad Al-Eidani as Prime Ministerial candidate whose appointment would not placate anti-government protesters in the country.
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Amid protests, Iranian consulate in southern Iraq set on fire again
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Najaf [Iraq], Dec 2 (Sputnik/ANI): Demonstrators on Sunday set the Iranian consulate building in Iraq's southern city of Najaf on fire for the second time in a week as violent anti-government protests continue to rock the country's southern regions.
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At least 45 protesters shot dead, 152 others wounded in escalating Iraqi u
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad (Iraq), Nov 29 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 45 demonstrators have been shot dead by security forces and 152 others have been injured amid increasing protest violence in the south of Iraq and the country's capital of Baghdad, local media reported, citing sources.
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Death toll rises, 25 more killed in anti-government protests in southern I
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Nasiriyah [Iraq], Nov 29 (ANI): As many as 25 people were killed on Thursday after security personnel fired tear gas and live ammunition in a bid to disperse anti-government protestors here even as protests turned more violent in other parts of the country, according to medical sources and w
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47 policemen injured in violence outside Iranian consulate in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Najaf [Iraq], Nov 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Forty-seven police personnel were wounded in clashes with demonstrators outside the Iranian consulate building in Iraq's southern city of Najaf, Luay Yasiri, the governor of the Najaf province, told Al Arabiya on Thursday.
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6 killed, 158 wounded in anti-gov't protests in southern Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 24 (ANI): At least six people were killed and some 158 others sustained injuries in anti-government protests in southern provinces of Basra and Dhi Qar on Sunday, the Iraqi Independent High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) had said.
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Three people killed in anti-govt protests in Iraq's Nasiriyah
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Nasiriyah [Iraq], Nov 24 (Sputnik/ANI): Three people were killed as a result of protests in Iraq's southern city of Nasiriyah, amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations throughout the country, as per media reports.
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Fresh clashes in Iraq leave 2 dead, 40 wounded
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 23 (ANI): At least two people were killed and 40 others sustained injuries after clashes broke out between security forces and anti-government demonstrators in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Friday.
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Pompeo via phone urges Iraq PM to enact reforms, tackle corruption amid pr
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 13 (ANI): US State Secretary Mike Pompeo in a phone call on Tuesday (local time) urged Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to enact reforms and tackle corruption amid a fresh wave of anti-government protests that started last month.
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Over 300 dead, 15000 injured in Iraq protests
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 11 (ANI): At least 319 people have been killed in Iraq since the beginning of the anti-government protests last month, the Iraqi Parliamentary Human Rights Committee said in a report.
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Over 300 killed since beginning of anti-government protests in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 9 (ANI): At least 301 people have been killed and nearly 15,000 wounded in Iraq since the beginning of the anti-government protest last month, the Independent High Commission for Human Rights of Iraq (IHCHR) said on Saturday.
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Iraq: Protesters attack Iran consulate in Karbala
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Karbala [Iraq], Nov 4 (ANI): Dozens of protestors in Iraq attacked the Iranian consulate in the Shia holy city of Karbala on Sunday night.
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