Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi vowed yesterday to hold accountable the minor in the demonstrations, which witnessed in Iraq recently, whatever his location.

"I pay tribute to the millions of Iraqis and non-Iraqis who are heading to Karbala province to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Imam Hussein," Abdul Mahdi said in a statement to those celebrating the 40th anniversary of Imam Hussein.

"I salute the members of our armed forces, security services, ministries, volunteers and processions who protect citizens and provide them with medical and food services along the roads leading to Karbala from all over Iraq and the world," Abdul Mahdi said.

And millions of Shiites in Iraq, yesterday, the occasion of the fortieth Imam Hussein under tight security measures in the center of the city of Karbala.

The city has been packed with visitors over the past 10 days, with the event culminating yesterday as an annual tradition to commemorate the occasion, amid security measures, a widespread deployment of security and intelligence forces, the Popular Mobilization and air cover from Iraqi army aviation.

Participants in the event carried colorful flags and flags of Iraq.

The Iraqi authorities provided thousands of cars and locomotives to transport visitors to their provinces after the ceremony.

Thousands of Iraqis chanted slogans against corruption in the processions of pilgrims commemorating the 40th anniversary, in response to the call of the leader of the Sadr movement Muqtada al-Sadr, to continue a protest movement demanded that killed more than 100 people.

Amid the visitors, thousands of Sadr supporters demonstrated, chanting "No, no to corruption ... Yes, yes to reform."

They also chanted "Free, free, corrupt Baghdad.

One of the demonstrators, from the oil-rich city of Basra in the south of the country, condemned the "corrupt" who, according to official figures, contributed to the looting of more than $ 450 billion over the past 16 years. "Iraq is one of the richest countries, but its people are suffering from poverty," he told AFP.

The Iraqi street has recently been rocked by protests demanding job opportunities, public services, anti-corruption and toppling the government, unprecedentedly.

Between October 1 and 6, 110 people were killed and 6,000 wounded, most of them demonstrators, according to official figures.

Calls on social media to demonstrate on the 25th of this month, the anniversary of the first anniversary of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi took office.

On the other hand, an Iraqi military source in the province of Nineveh yesterday, killing and wounding seven soldiers after the explosion of two explosive devices in succession northwest of Mosul.

Lt. Col. Mohsen Ali of the Iraqi army said that "two explosive devices were detonated in succession as an Iraqi army patrol passed at the entrance to al-Kisk district northwest of Mosul, killing two soldiers and wounding five others seriously."

Several areas of Nineveh province, especially near the Syrian border, are still experiencing violence and ISIS bombings against Iraqi security forces and civilians, despite the military elimination of ISIS in Iraq at the end of 2017.

Widespread deployment of security and intelligence forces and the Popular Mobilization, with air cover from Iraqi Army aviation.