Thursday 5 December 2019 - 12:04
Latest Updates on Iraq in the Past Week
UN Commissioner for Human Rights in Iraq: In the two months since protests started 460 people died and 17 thousands wounded.
UN Commissioner for Human Rights in Iraq: In the two months since protests started 460 people died and 17 thousands wounded.
In recent days some rioters attacking Ayatullah Hakim’s shrine in Najaf tried to sabotage and set it on fire which faced protectors of shrine and the increased damages were prevented.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Unknown sources have targeted the Ayn al-Assad airbase in Anbar province with five rockets.
ISWNews Analysis Group: ISIS terrorist used the chaos in Iraq and attacked security forces in Fallujah and Diyala provinces.
While Iraq is going through difficult days, Nechirvan Barzani Chief of Kurdistan Iqlim and Masrur Barzani Chief of local government of Iqlim, who are cousins, traveled to Abu Dhabi by UAE’s invitation for the second time in recent month.
From two days ago protesters in Sunni provinces came out and the protests started from universities. Students gathering in some universities in Mosul, Tikrit, Anbar and Kirkuk showed their support for protests.
Abdul-Mahdi ‘s unstable cabinet ended, let’s remember how he was assigned. Abdul-Mahdi, unlike previous PMs, did not candidate himself for the position but others asked him. He was mainly decided by Muqtada Sadr and Muhammad Reza Sistani (son of Ayatullah Sistani).
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Iraqi parliament have approved Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s resignation during a parliament session in Baghdad.
Hashad Sha’abi rejected the claim by some political officials of Najaf that Ashura brigade was participating in recent protests in a statement and emphasized that Hashad Sha’abi did not participate in any protests against neither sides.
ISWNews Analysis Group: According to the latest field information from the city of Najaf, some rioters attacked the shrine of the martyr Sayyid Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim and set fire the entrance door.
Adel Abdul Mahdi announced his resignation to the Iraqi parliament.
After the protests divided into two groups of the peaceful protesters and the violent ones, Baghdad, Najaf, Karbala, Basra and some other cities experienced high tensions recently and last night Iran’s consulate in Najaf was attacked.
