Iraqi PM Adil Abdul Mahdi says he will submit his resignation to parliament, following deadly anti-government protests and calls by Iraq's top Shia cleric for lawmakers to withdraw support
In this file photo from May 15, 2019, Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi is pictured during a visit to Ankara, Turkey. May 15, 2019.
Sistani also said protesters should distinguish between peaceful demonstrators and those with have malign intentions to coopt their movement.Also on Friday, thousands of defiant Iraqi protesters regrouped on Friday across the country's south the morning after nearly 45 protesters were killed in one of the bloodiest days of anti-government rallies yet.
Iraqis carry the coffins of anti-government demonstrators killed during protests a day earlier during a funeral procession in the central holy shrine city of Najaf on November 29, 2019. The bulk of the dead, 29, fell in the southern protest hotspot of Nasiriyah, and thousands hit the streets to mourn them on Friday.
The new unrest in Iraq's south was unleashed after protesters stormed the Iranian consulate in Najaf late on Wednesday, accusing the neighbouring country of propping up Iraq's government. Police officers said they had received orders on Thursday to "finish off" the rallies but the disastrous developments in Nasiriyah put a halt to those plans.The violence was condemned worldwide, with Amnesty International denouncing a "bloodbath" in Nasiriyah.
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