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Curfew lifted after deadly unrest in Iraq city

September 03, 2023 / 2:05 PM
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Sharjah24 - AFP: A curfew was lifted in the multi-ethnic Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday after protests turned violent and led to the deaths of four people.
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani imposed the curfew on Saturday evening after rival protests, between Kurdish residents on one side and Turkmen and Arabs on the other, descended into deadly unrest despite a security presence.

Tensions had been brewing for nearly a week in Kirkuk, a northern city which has historically been disputed between the federal government in Baghdad and authorities in the autonomous Kurdistan region of the north.
September 03, 2023 / 2:05 PM

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