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Al Jazeera correspondent reported that hundreds of protesters stormed the airport and that the authorities announced the stopping of flights.
The Central Command of the Euphrates announced the cancellation of the curfew in Najaf province and police officials denied having declared a curfew in the province.
| Protesters blocked by stones and tires (19659004) [Reuters] |
A French press agency reporter reported that security forces at the airport had been beaten by injured protesters and taken to hospital, while others continued to protest
. In Basra, south of Iraq, he was killed on hundreds of protesters Hotel Sheraton, one of the most important hotels in the city to coincide with protests in other regions of the province to protest the deterioration of living conditions.
Earlier in the day, protesters descended the streets of the oil city of Basra and prevented access to the port of Umm Qasr for goods near the city.
Demonstrations were also held in the cities of Amara and Nasiriyah. A security official said the protesters had occupied the Amara Provincial Headquarters and threw stones at the Da Da and Badr branches, but that security forces had managed to repel them
Government services continue for the sixth consecutive day in Basra province in the south of the country, forcing Prime Minister Haider Abadi to visit the region on Friday.
Abadi maintains talks with officials in the city of Basra, an important oil outlet. Ministers in a statement "the government takes seriously and thoroughly [19690001] The Council of Ministers declared that" the government takes seriously the demands of the protesters " [Le gouvernement irakien a tenu une réunion d'urgence pour discuter de la détérioration de la situation sécuritaire dans les provinces. Reuters]
The protest comes as Iraq waits for the the end of the manual vote count of the May 12 legislative elections on suspicion of fraud
Iraq is now without legislative power for the first time since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
Electoral coalition led by prominent Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr won the most seats, following unprecedented alliance with the Iraqi Communist Party and some technocrats.
Sadr said on Friday evening in a tweet: "We do not accept the abuse of oppressed protesters, we also want the protesters to preserve public property, they are the property of the people and no corrupters. "
