Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, May 26 shanghaisun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from shanghaisun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2021-05-25 23:05:44 GMT2021-05-26 07:05:44(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BAGHDAD, May 25 (Xinhua) A demonstrator was killed on Tuesday during a protest in the Iraqi capital Baghdad against the impunity for those who launched deadly attacks on anti-government protesters and activists in the past months.
An Interior Ministry source told Xinhua that thousands of protesters gathered on three main squares in Baghdad, including the al-Tahrir Square in downtown Baghdad.
Many protesters raised Iraqi flags and pictures of the protesters who were killed previously in anti-corruption demonstrations held since October 2019.
Iraqi security forces arrested four people who tried to infiltrate the demonstration near the al-Tahrir Square, according to a statement issued by the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC).
2021-05-24 14:35:28 GMT2021-05-24 22:35:28(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BAGHDAD, May 24 (Xinhua) A Katyusha rocket hit on Monday an air base housing U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq s western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said. A Katyusha rocket landed about 1:50 p.m. local time (1050 GMT) at the edge of Ayn al-Asad Air Base in Anbar Province, without casualties, the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said in a brief statement.
Wayne Marotto, spokesman of the international coalition forces in Iraq, said the damage is being assessed and the attack is under investigation.
Ayn al-Asad Air Base, formerly known as al-Qadisiyah Air Base, is located some 190 km northwest of Iraq s capital Baghdad.
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