Iraq: Protests Turn Violent in Iraq’s Oil-Rich Basra over Unemployment, Lack of Electricity

Jul 8, 2018 | Salar Ali, Kurdistan 24
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People took to the streets of Basra on Sunday, the center Iraq’s oil industry, to protest the lack of services and job opportunities in the region. Protesters blocked roads, preventing oil company employees from going to work while chanting slogans calling for jobs and the improvement of public services, notably government-supplied electricity. Witnesses told Kurdistan 24 security forces fired warning shots into the air to disperse crowds of disgruntled civilians gathered on the streets of Bahala, north of Basra city.