Saturday, 22 August 2020

Basra killings undermine Iraqi PM’s efforts to rein in militias

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi had just embarked on a state visit to Washington when gunmen shot dead the young protest leader Reham Yacoub in her car in Basra on Wednesday. Yacoub, 29, was an outspoken critic of the Iran-backed militias whose power and influence Kadhimi has been trying to rein in since taking office […]

from Daily Times https://ift.tt/3aPUk5M

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