Shafaq News/ Hundreds of demonstrators stormed the streets in Al-Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on Saturday to mark the third anniversary of the October 2019 demonstrations.

Shafaq News Agency correspondent said that other protestors, who refused the participation of the Sadrist in their move, flocked Al-Nusur square.

He also reported that the

Shafaq News/ The EU on Friday said it "condemns in the strongest possible terms" deadly strikes this week by Iran on Iraq's Kurdistan region.

Iran launched cross-border missile and drone strikes that killed 13 people on Wednesday after accusing Kurdish armed groups based there of stoking a wave of unrest that has rocked the Islamic republic.

"Our

Shafaq News/ On Saturday, President of Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, received the new-elected First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi.

The Kurdish Presidency said in a statement that both sides discussed the political developments in Iraq and the next stage in the Parliament’s work.

The two sides stressed

Shafaq News/ Scuffles broke out between protesters and security forces, leaving dozens injured, as thousands gathered in the Iraqi capital on Saturday to celebrate three years after nationwide demonstrations against endemic corruption.

The latest protests in Baghdad come as Iraq has slipped into political paralysis since elections last October that