The Iraqi military said Thursday it had deployed commanders to southern provinces to restore order, a day after anti-government protesters torched an Iranian consulate. The military command said “an emergency unit has been set up under the supervision of the governors” to “impose security and restore order”. “On the orders ...
Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani on Friday urged the politicians in Iraq have a chance to implement reforms, but warned against exploiting the protests by foreign and local powers. In Friday sermon, the official representative of Ayatollah Sistani, Sheikh Abdul-Mahdi Al-Karbalai said that “the political powers ...