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November 04, 2019The wave of anti-government protest in Iraq does not stop. We are on the tenth day. Protesters blocked a series of crucial bridges and roads in Baghdad. The news agency Anadolu reported, protesters also blocked the government headquarters in the provinces of Babylon, Dhi Qar, Muthanna, Diwaniya, Wasit and Maysan in southern and central Iraq.

During the night he was stormed by a consulate of Iran in Kerbala, the holy city for the Shiites in southern Iraq. Local sources report that barriers had been erected around the headquarters of the consulate, removing the Iranian flag from the building and replacing it with an Iraqi one. The crowd threw stones at security forces, who responded by firing to disperse the protest. The balance is at least 4 dead and 12 injured.

The Shiite holy city of Karbala has been shaken for several days by unprecedented popular protests. This was reported by the Iraqi Government Human Rights Commission cited by the Iraqi media.

More than 250 protesters have been killed since the beginning of anti-government protests in Baghdad and southern Iraq in early October.