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Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation

Feb 1, 2020, 7 tweets

#Iraq 🇮🇶: president Barham Salih has appointed pro-Sadr politician Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as prime-minister, replacing al-Mahdi.

#Iraq 🇮🇶: protesters in #Baghdad are already rejecting the appointment of Allawi, because of his pro-Sadr/IRGC sentiments.

They state that in the even Sadrist will try to kick them out of Tahrir Square, they will move the epicenter of the movement to #Nasiriyah in the south.

#Iraq 🇮🇶: protests against the appointment of #Allawi already taking place in #Basra tonight

#Iraq 🇮🇶: anti-government protests in #AlSamawah tonight

#Iraq 🇮🇶: hundreds of protesters maching towards Tahrir, thr Square was largely taken over by Sadrists earlier this evening

#Iraq 🇮🇶: protesters return to Tahrir Square today to protest the nomination of #Allawi as caretaker PM

#Iraq 🇮🇶: the holy city of #Karbala today

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