Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

#BREAKING
Oct 26 - #Iraq
First images of today's demonstrations.

#UPDATE
Oct 26 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Tahrir Square
Security forces using tear gas against demonstrators.
Sounds of gunfire also heard.

#BREAKING
Oct 26 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Tahrir Square
New footage arriving of the Iraqi people's uprising.
Internet crackdown is preventing the flow of news and footage from Iraq to the outside world.

#BREAKING
Oct 26 - Maysan Province, #Iraq
Protesters set fire to a site of the Ansar al-Ofia, a militia group associated to #Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force.

#UPDATE
Oct 26 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Thousands of demonstrators in the capital's Tahrir Square.

#UPDATE
Oct 26 - Scenes of a "revolution" across #Iraq

-Security forces using tear gas to disperse protesters in Baghdad
-Protesters surround the residence of the Dhi Qar Province governor & burn the house of the provincial security committee chairman.

Oct 26 - Baghdad, #Iraq
-Scenes from Tahrir Square where security forces are reportedly targeting protesters
-42 killed & over 2,000 injured in two days

#Iraq
Protesters are blaming #Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force & the Tehran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) militias in Iraq for opening fire on demonstrators.

#BREAKING
Oct 26 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Security forces are using sonic grenades & tear gas against demonstrators in Tahrir Square.
The scenes resemble a war zone.

#UPDATE
Oct 26 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Near Tahrir Square
Activists are saying security forces are resorting to brute force against demonstrators.

#BREAKING
Oct 26 - Karbala, #Iraq
Demonstrators take over #Iran's consulate, bring down the regime's flag and raise the Iraqi flag.
Shouts heard: "Iran, out, out!"

#UPDATE
Oct 26 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Thousands of protesters in the capital's Tahrir Square are met with fierce measures of crackdown by #Iran-backed militias.

#BREAKING
Iraqi Human Rights Commission: Death toll rises in two days of protests across Iraq, 63 dead & 2,592 injured

People power in #Iraq
Ordinary people, even kids, showing their support for the brave Iraqi protesters.

#BREAKING
Oct 26 - Babylon, southern #Iraq
Heavy gunfire reported near the headquarters of #Iran-backed Badr Corps militia.

https://twitter.com/no_itsmyturn/status/1188168848714932228/video/1

#UPDATE
Oct 26 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Demonstrators are standing their ground as security forces continue using sonic grenades to install fear & disperse the massive crowd.

WARNING - DISTURBING FOOTAGE

Oct 26 - Nasiriyah, southern #Iraq
Protesters shot and killed by security forces.

WARNING - DISTURBING FOOTAGE