Baghdad-Sana
The commander of Baghdad operations in the Iraqi army, Lt. Gen. Qais Mohammadawi, called on the demonstrators to maintain peaceful demonstrations and cooperate with security forces during the protests in some Iraqi cities.
The Iraqi News Agency "conscious" Al-Mohammadawi said in a statement today that the task of security forces to protect the demonstrators, stressing the importance of maintaining peaceful demonstration and not to approach the security barriers and to be demonstrating in the designated place and cooperation with security forces through news about engineers and vandals who seek to trades Demonstrations about its peaceful march.
The commander of Baghdad operations that the curfew has been eased so that Iraqis can return to their homes, promising to lift the curfew in the coming days.
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry called in a statement yesterday all foreign parties to the need to adhere to the principle of respect for sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of the country.
Some cities and provinces in Iraq have witnessed during the past days and weeks protests demanding the improvement of public services and the provision of water and electricity and the elimination of unemployment and fighting corruption.