The Iraqi Joint Operations Command has issued a “full curfew in all governorates starting at 7 p.m. today.”

In turn, Iraqi President Barham Salih stressed that “the difficult situation that our country is going through requires everyone to remain calm, restraint, prevent escalation, and ensure that the situation does not slide into unknown and dangerous labyrinths in which everyone will lose” . He believed that “peaceful demonstrations and expression of opinions are a right guaranteed by the Constitution while observing laws and maintaining public safety, and undermining state institutions is a dangerous business that seriously endangers the interests of the country and citizens.” security to carry out their duties”, maintaining security, order and public property.

He pointed out that “the course of events imposes on the national forces a dual responsibility: to rise above divisions in favor of what is dearer and more valuable for the sake of the motherland, to prevent violence and spare the precious blood of Iraqis, to adopt cautious positions that protect the homeland and maintain a peaceful, democratic and a constitutional path for which our people have sacrificed dearly and preciously.”

Iraqi security forces expelled Sadrist supporters from the government palace and took full control of it after clashes between the two sides escalated into a heavy firefight inside the Green Zone in Baghdad and injuries, the channel reports. Island” .

Hundreds of supporters of the Sadrist movement broke into the Republican Palace in the Green Zone of Baghdad. As a result, Iraqi forces attempted to disperse the movement’s supporters, who in turn attempted to storm the presidential residence with tear gas canisters.