Tag: Iraq protests

Mideastern burial traditions clash with fears of contagion

BAGHDAD — Mohammed al-Dulfi’s 67-year-old father died on March 21 after a brief struggle against the new coronavirus, but it would take nine days for his body to find a final resting place in the Shiite holy city of Najaf in southern Iraq. On two occasions, the family […]

Home-cooked food in Iraqi square brings protesters together

BAGHDAD — In Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, there are the anti-government protesters demonstrating for a better future for Iraq, and there are the volunteers who feed them. From stuffed lamb and fish, to the giant pots of soups and rice, to the plates of lentils and other beans, there […]

Security forces kill eight in Iraq protests

BASRA, Iraq – Security forces opened fire on protesters in Baghdad and several cities in southern Iraq on Sunday, killing at leassst eight people and wounding dozens of others, police and medical sources said, the latest violence in weeks of unrest. Anti-government protests erupted in early October and […]

Death toll rises to 18 as Iraq protests spread across south

The death toll from mass rallies in Iraq against corruption and unemployment rose to 18 on Thursday, as the leaderless protest movement spread to virtually all of the south. Braving live fire, tear gas and local curfews, Iraqis flooded the streets for a third day in the biggest […]

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