Local sources say 12+ killed in #Baghdad today.
Despite curfew, heavy gunfire & explosions heard in #Baghdad -- multiple security offices attacked. Green Zone on security alert & U.S. Embassy sirens sounding off.
In #Mosul, security forces say they foiled a major #ISIS attack.
Despite curfew, heavy gunfire & explosions heard in #Baghdad -- multiple security offices attacked. Green Zone on security alert & U.S. Embassy sirens sounding off.
In #Mosul, security forces say they foiled a major #ISIS attack.
https://twitter.com/Charles_Lister/status/1564270135636017159
The situation in #Baghdad is deteriorating fast -- mortars, rockets, RPGs & heavy machine guns all reportedly in use, including within/targeted at the Green Zone. Many casualties; grisly images emerging.
#Basra also in a very bad place -- heavy fighting too.
#Iraq spiraling.
#Basra also in a very bad place -- heavy fighting too.
#Iraq spiraling.
Heavy fighting outside #Iraq's Parliament tonight, as pro-#Sadr & pro-#Iran factions confront.
Dutch Embassy personnel have just evacuated to #Germany's Embassy.
2 soldiers & 20+ protesters dead -- dozens more injured.
Dutch Embassy personnel have just evacuated to #Germany's Embassy.
2 soldiers & 20+ protesters dead -- dozens more injured.
Locals in central #Baghdad claim that pro-#Iran militias are dropping explosive munitions from drones they’re flying above pro-#Sadr protesters.
Unverified for now, but speaks to the chaos and scale of violence tonight.
Unverified for now, but speaks to the chaos and scale of violence tonight.
Very hard to discern a complete, reliable picture from #Baghdad tonight, but what is clear is that the Sadrists have been extremely well prepared — hitting #Iran-associated KH, Badr etc. targets one by one.
The more this spreads, the harder it is to envision a durable solution.
The more this spreads, the harder it is to envision a durable solution.
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