US EditionBaghdad Residents Protest Electricity Shortages as Temperatures Exceed 50°C
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, JUL 13 – Protests in east Baghdad demand longer electricity supply amid a national crisis worsened by US sanctions and heat exceeding 50°C, with some areas receiving only six hours daily.
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One killed as Iraqi Kurds protest power cuts
IRBIL: A man was killed in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region late Sunday during protests against power cuts, residents and a medical source told AFP. Residents in the Rawandz region, northeast of Kurdistan’s capital Irbil, said protesters had taken to the streets and blocked a main highway leading to a border crossing with Iran. Security forces intervened to open the road,
Iraqi Kurds protest power cuts, one killed: sources
A man was killed in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region late Sunday during protests against power cuts, residents and a medical source told AFP. Residents in the Rawandz region, north east of Kurdistan's capital Arbil, said that protesters took to the streets and blocked a main highway leading to a border crossing with Iran. Security forces intervened to open the road, leading to clashes with protesters, they said. A medical source in the area's …
According to the report of the Shafaq News Agency, the demonstrators burned tires on the streets of the region, expressing their dissatisfaction with poor electrical processing, demanding that the number of hours of operation be increased and the reality of electricity improved. For many years, especially in the summer, Iraq has been experiencing a chronic crisis in the electric power file, with frequent power outages, despite large spending and…
Iraqi Kurds protest power cuts, one killed: residents and medical source
A man was killed in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region late Sunday during protests against power cuts, residents and a medical source told AFP. Residents in the Rawandz region, north east of Kurdistan’s capital Arbil, said that protesters took to the streets and blocked a main highway leading to a border crossing with Iran. Security forces intervened to open the road, leading to clashes with protesters, they said. A medical source in the area’s …
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