Iraq Protest News Today

Curfew was imposed in Kirkuk after clashes between Kurdish and Arab residents turn violent, killing one civilian.

Thursday’s demonstration was called to protest the second planned Quran burning in Sweden in weeks by Shi’ite supporters, after an earlier burning ignited widespread controversy.

Thursday's demonstration was called to protest the second planned Quran burning in Sweden in weeks by Shi'ite supporters, after an earlier burning ignited widespread controversy.

As deadly protests flare in Iran after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, Iranians who have crossed into neighbouring Iraq's Kurdistan region for work speak fearfully of repression back home.

Clashes between Moqtada al-Sadr supporters and the military in Baghdad’s Green Zone on Monday claimed the lives of at least 17 people, and hundreds were injured. The protesters conducted sit-ins at the parliament complex in response to Sadr’s political exit. Tear gas and stun grenades were used to disperse the protesters after they broke through into the presidential palace. A nationwide curfew has been imposed by the authorities and all official meetings have been postponed.

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr stormed the parliament building inside Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone".

Iraqi security forces hurled gas canisters and used sound bombs to disperse the thousands of Iraqi demonstrators, the followers of an influential cleric, in the heavily fortified government zone of the capital on Saturday.

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdads parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties. Iraq Protest: Followers of Cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr Breach Baghdad’s Parliament Against Nominee for PM by Iran-Backed Parties.

Iraqi security forces wearing masks and black plainclothes opened fire at protesters in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, killing 18 people and wounding hundreds, security officials said.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Chanting anti-American slogans, hundreds of people rallied in the Iraqi...