Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric said a new prime minister must be chosen without foreign interference as armed men killed at least 19 people, including three police, near a Baghdad protest site on Friday.
Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric said a new prime minister must be chosen without foreign interference as armed men killed at least 19 people, including three police, near a Baghdad protest site on Friday.
Iraqi police fired live ammunition and volleys of tear gas canisters to disperse thousands of protesters in Baghdad on Friday as anti-government demonstrations resumed after a three-week hiatus.