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Thousands protest the election results in several Iraqi governorates

Thousands of demonstrators stormed the streets north of Baghdad and south of the country, protesting the election results announced by IHEC yesterday. Sources say that the demonstrators are citizens who rejected the election results because of fraud, noting that they blocked the highway linking Baghdad with the northern governorates. The …

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Fire broke out inside a dorm of a private university in Wasit

A fire on Saturday broke out inside a private university in Wasit governorate in south Iraq. A source told Alghadeer News that the fire engulfed the females’ dorms of al-Kut University College in al-Horeh, downtown al-Kut, the capital city of Wasit. The Civil Defense Directorate mobilized all its capacity to …

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Video: Nearly 60 People Injured in Clashes Between Protesters, Police in Eastern Iraq

Nearly 60 people, including 48 police officers, were injured in clashes between security forces and students outside the University of Wasit in Iraq’s eastern Wasit province, media reported on Sunday, citing a security source. “Forty-eight police officers were injured. Eleven demonstrators were also wounded,” the source told Alsumaria Iraqi broadcaster. …

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