The UN Secretary-General calls on everyone in Iraq to exercise restraint and refrain from violence
The curfew in Baghdad to be lifted at 5 am
Demonstrators block roads and burn tires in Baghdad's Amel neighborhood
Neurosurgery Hospital in Baghdad was closed after being stormed by unidentified gunmen who assaulted medical staff
Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr calls for the resignation of the Iraqi government
AlMayadeen TV quotes governor of Najaf that security forces arrested group of Iraqi protestors who entered the old town to attack house of supreme religious authority, Ayatollah Sistani. Iranian media claim they wanted to assassinate Sistani.
Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament: We will join the demonstrations if the state fails to implement the demands of the demonstrators
Iraqi security and medical sources: 10 protesters killed during Friday protests in Baghdad
Security Media Cell: Two members of the Iraqi security forces and two citizens were killed in al-Tayaran Square and Al-Nakheel Mall by unknown snipers
Iraqi PM calls for legislative and judicial branches to implement reforms
Security Information Cell: 4 people, including two members of the security forces, were killed by unknown snipers fire in the center of the Iraqi capital
Iraqi official: the death toll of demonstrations in Iraq since the start of protests last Tuesday rises to 53
In Iraq, Dijla TV station says militias have stormed its office in Baghdad & set it on fire
Security forces close the entrance to the Neurosurgery Teaching Hospital in Baghdad
2 week agoProtests continue in Baghdad for the fourth consecutive day Mosul
Snipers stationed on the Neurosurgery Teaching Hospital shooting at the Baghdad demonstrators.
Activists say that they are being targeted by snipers from the roofs of buildings in the capital Baghdad.
A demonstrator killed in the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniyah
2 week agoIn addition to the Internet blackout in Iraq the main roads in Baghdad are almost entirely blocked
2 week agoMassive protests happening in Baghdad, and the wave of the protests are being disperse by the live bullets and ammunitions of the security forces. Gun shoots are heard everywhere in Baghdad, according to protesters.
Diwaniya: violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces in the vicinity of the government compound
Demonstrators entered the building of Diwaniya provincial council after council's protection fired live bullets at the demonstrators
Protests renewed in Diwaniya, Basra and Kut in southern Iraq
2 week agoSecurity forces are keep on shooting tear gases and live ammunitions against the protesters in Baghdad, here is al-Khalani Square where the security forces are targeting the protesters.
President of Kurdistan Region: Security situation is worsening in the country
Naseriyah now: Protestors started moving towards places to start the demonstrations.
Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr calls on MPs in Sairoon party to suspend their activities in parliament until the government sanctions reform plan
Iraqi Protesters gather in streets near Tahrir Square
During Friday Prayers in Iran today, Ayatollah Mohammad Emami-Kashani warned United States & Israel are stoking protests in Iraq to disrupt Arbaeen2019.
ICRC issues statement, says it is concerned by the increasingly violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Iraq
Qatar asks its citizens to leave Iraq immediately.
Family of five killed in Erbil's Pir Rash village; no known motive
"All must be aware of the danger of excessive violence in the protests", Iraqi Shiite Grand Ayatollah Sistani calls this week's deaths/destruction from unrest in Iraq ?? "sorrowful", condemned aggression on protesters & against security forces & public/private properties
Sistani calls on the Iraqi government to fight corruption and change its approach in dealing with Iraq's problems
Iraqi Border policeman killed in armed attack near Khanaqin
2 week agoUN Special Representative welcomes PM Abdul-Mahdi's address; Dialogue must pave the way to understanding, reconciliation and progress
Extensive deployment of security forces in Maysan province, southern Iraq.
Iraqi Defense Ministry says some unknown infiltrators have fired on protesters & security forces
Reuters, citing Iraqi sources: 44 people have been killed since protests began last Tuesday
Internet available in Basrah and Emara provinces
Police in Basra are saying 'criminal motives' were behind what looks more like a targeted assassination of activist Hussein Adel and his wife. Similar assassinations and threats followed last summer's protests in Basra
Iraqi forces are firing directly at protesters in Baghdad, as per AFP, and no longer shooting in the air.
Iraq forces fire on dozens of protesters in Baghdad: AFP
2 week agoAfter a year in office, PM Abdel Mahdi blames the Iraqi Parliament (political parties) for not allowing him to appoint competent ministers capable of delivering essential services (electricity, water, etc) and creating jobs. Iraq
2 week agoIraq PM Abdul Mahdi, in his speech, did not announced his resignation as it was expected. Instead he listed sth that will not satisfy anybody. - Give salaries to families without enough income - Release arrested protestors - Completion of the cabinet lineup away from quotas
2 week agoProtesters are pushing toward the green zone again, while massive gun shots are used by security forces to stop the wave of protesters from entering the green zone area.
2 week agoIraqi security forces fire live ammunition against protesters in Nasriya
2 week agoThe moment when a young protester body reportedly killed by security forces in Kut, Wasit is being evacuated
2 week agoMassive protests restarted tonight after the internet is back in service, also protesters are restored their path to the Green Zone area in Baghdad.
2 week agoHeavily censored Internet returns to parts of Iraq 28 hours after blackout amid widespread unrest; real-time data show national connectivity up to 60% but some providers have extended social media restrictions
2 week agoISIS: This evening Baghdad-Samarra road was cut
Iraqi Security Media Cell: terrorist group that cut off the Baghdad-Samarra road was eliminated
2 week agoDemonstrators in Baghdad showing what security forces using against them
2 week agoVideo from Al Khilani Square in Baghdad
2 week agoDemonstration in Wasit
Internet access has just returned in Najaf but electricity still cut off in some areas of the city. Residents could hear non-stop gunfire through the night yesterday and it started again this afternoon: "It's as if we're in the middle of a war"
2 week agoBayaa area in the city of Baghdad today
The Internet has returned to some areas of Iraq, but not in full force. This happened in conjunction with the prime minister's speech
2 week agoSome of Iraq's last remaining internet connections are being cut 27 hours after nationwide information blackout; real-time network data show new drops in connectivity with leading provider Earthlink from 19:30 UTC; incident ongoing
2 week agoSouthwest Baghdad, protesters burned a Humvee
The KRG Ministry of Transport and Communications rejects Iraqi Federal government request to shut down the internet services in the Kurdistan Region
Amid the ongoing violence & protests in Iraq, @EsperDoD & Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Milley met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Falih Al-Fayyad at the Pentagon Thurs. "to reaffirm the strategic defense relationship between the United States & Iraq" per DoD
Clashes between the demonstrators and the security forces in the city of Baquba in Diyala province; security forces are using batons
Clashes between demonstrators and security in al-Khalani square in Baghdad
Protesters burn security checkpoints in Baghdad's Amel neighborhood
Iraq - Clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Al-Amel neighborhood, southwest of Baghdad
Najaf demonstrators control several security centers. And the armed confrontations continue in Kufa
Special forces of CTU arrived to Diwaniyah southern Iraq after protesters advanced towards some governmental buildings
Iraqi crisis cell announces the death toll of demonstrations at 31 people
