Iraqi security forces clash with hundreds of protesters in central Baghdad

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Iraqi demonstrators burn tires to block a road during ongoing anti-government protests in Najaf
Iraqi demonstrators burn tires to block a road during ongoing anti-government protests in Najaf, Iraq January 26, 2020. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani

January 26, 2020

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces firing teargas and live bullets clashed with hundreds of protesters in central Baghdad on Sunday, a Reuters witness and security sources said, following a push to clear out a sit-in camp in the heart of the capital.

At least 14 protesters were injured, the security and medical sources said.

(Reporting by Aziz El Yaakoubi and John Davison; Writing by Nadine Awadalla and Ahmed Rasheed, Editing by William Maclean)

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