Iraq, Islamic State (2011-2019), Protests

Iraqi Citizens Storm Green Zone, Parliament

— May 2, 2016

Several days ago, 30 April, frustrated with a lack of reforms and accountability from an increasingly-corrupt government, thousands of Iraqi constituents of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets of Baghdad and surrounded the so-called Green Zone. The Green Zone is a fortified part of the capital city that houses the government offices and […]