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Four protesters, two policemen killed as Iraq unrest resumes
BAGHDAD: Six Iraqis including two police officers were killed and scores were wounded in Baghdad and other cities yesterday in clashes with security forces, medical and security sources said, as anti-government unrest resumed after a lull of several weeks. Three
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Protesters burn security post at US Embassy in Iraq
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON: Protesters angry about US air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the US Embassy in Baghdad yesterday, setting off a confrontation with guards and prompting the United States to send additional troops to the
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Iraq protest death toll mounts as cleric warns against meddling
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s top Shiite Muslim cleric said a new prime minister must be chosen without foreign interference in an apparent nod to Iranian influence, as armed men killed at least 19 people, including three police, near a Baghdad protest site
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Iraqi protesters torch Iranian consulate in Najaf, curfew imposed
BAGHDAD: Iraqi protesters stormed the Iranian consulate in the southern city of Najaf and set fire to the building yesterday, bringing a new level of violence to demonstrations aimed at the downfall of a government backed by Tehran. It was
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Iraqi PM: Stop your protests, economy is getting hurt
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi appealed yesterday to protesters to help restore normal life across the country and said the unrest was costing the economy “billions of dollars”. More than 250 people have been killed since the protests
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Protests resume in Iraq’s Sadr City
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s government issued a second package of proposed social reforms yesterday in an attempt to appease the demands of anti-government protesters who for eight days have demonstrated nationwide, with the loss of 110 lives and 6,000 wounded. Prime Minister
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Iraqi protests: Death toll soars to 104
BAGHDAD: Death toll in Baghdad protests and other Iraqi cities rose to 104 with more than 6,000 people wounded, including security members, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior yesterday. In a press conference, spokesman
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