Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

#Iraq's cities are becoming war zones as protesters are refusing to back down.

#UPDATE
Oct 28 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Jomhuri Bridge turning into a war zone and people are relentless in their pursuit.

#UPDATE
Oct 28 - Baghdad, #Iraq
-Image from Tahrir Square
-Reports indicate security forces opening in Karbala, southern Iraq, killing one protester

#BREAKING
Oct 28 - Karbala, southern #Iraq
Thousands demonstrating against government corruption, sectarianism & #Iran's meddling.

#BREAKING
Oct 28 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Security forces firing dozens of sonic grenades.
Brave demonstrators standing their ground.

#Iraq
Nour Marwan, a student of Baghdad Medical School, died today after being hit in the head with a tear gas canister.

She is the first Iraqi woman to lose her life in this nation's uprising against government corruption, unemployment, poverty & #Iran's meddling.

RIP 🙏