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Iraqi political bloc confirms commitment to withdrawing foreign forces
By IANS |
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Tue, Jan 19 2021 11:27 IST |
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US pulling out from 3 Iraq military bases. Image Source: IANS News
Baghdad, Jan 19 : A leading Iraqi political bloc has confirmed it would not retreat from demanding the government to implement Parliament s decision to withdraw foreign forces from the country.
Monday s confirmation by the al-Fatih Coalition, headed by Hadi al-Ameri, came because the decision of ending the presence of foreign forces from Iraq was already passed in the Iraqi Parliament and approved by the government of resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi , Xinhua news agency quoted bloc spokesman Ahmed al-Asadi as saying.
January 10, 2021 at 10:49 am | Published in: Iraq, Middle East, News
Protesters set fire to buildings and government offices in Iraq on 8 December 2020 [Fariq Faraj Mahmood/Anadolu Agency] January 10, 2021 at 10:49 am
At least two people were assassinated in as many days, with 43 injured, including safety members, and 30 arrested in protests in Dhi Qar province Iraq, according to the country s top human-rights watchdog,
Anadolu reports.
In addition to assassinations and kidnappings, security forces use of tear gas, real and plastic bullets, and demonstrators use of stones were documented, said Iraq s Independent High Commission for Human Rights.
It called for calm and dialogue regarding the unrest.