Iraqi security forces fire teargas and live bullets in renewed clashes with protesters in Baghdad and other cities
Anti-government protesters chant slogans as they march during a demonstration in the central Iraqi holy shrine city of Karbala on January 26, 2020
Iraqi populist cleric Muqtada Al Sadr called for demonstrations against the US Embassy in Baghdad on Sunday and in other cities.On Friday, Sadr organised a large march in which tens of thousands protested against the US military presence in Iraq. "We protest because we have a cause, I don’t think Muqtada Sadr or any other politician will change our mind," said a protester in Baghdad who declined to give his name.
"I don’t go to protests often but I came out today because of what they did yesterday, I want to express my solidarity with my brothers in Tahrir," said Hussain Ali, a student. Protesters set fire to two security vehicles in the city centre and as hundreds of other demonstrators controlled the key bridges in the city, a Reuters witness said.
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