Iraq
A supporter of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr waves the Iraqi flag in the capital Baghdad, on August 29, 2022. Photo: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq’s Prime Minister on Saturday directed the facilitation of traveling procedures for those injured during the armed clashes in Baghdad late last month, requiring medical treatment abroad.
Iraqi state media reported that Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi had directed traveling facilitation for all the injured people whose cases require treatment abroad.
Tensions escalated in Baghdad on Monday after Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said he was quitting politics, setting off violent clashes between his supporters and Coordination Framework loyalists in the capital's high-security Green Zone which led to the death of at least 30 people, and the injury of over 500 people.
A committee led by Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji on Saturday visited those wounded during the demonstrations.
Araji directed the hospital administrations, upon the approval of PM Kadhimi, to “provide detailed reports on each case, to find out their needs and facilitate the travel of cases that require treatment outside the country,” Iraqi state media reported.
Sadr on Tuesday condemned the violence that ensued from the protests under his name, calling on his supporters to end the demonstrations and evacuate Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, where they had held a sit-in since late July.
Despite Sadr’s call for ending the violence, his militia Saraya al-Salam and pro-Iran Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) militia groups engaged in heavy confrontations in Iraq’s southern city of Basra on Wednesday, leaving at least four militants killed, according to AFP.
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday condemned the violent intra-Shiite clashes that broke out in Iraq, urging all the political actors in the country to engage in “constructive dialogue” to bring an end to the political instability.
Iraqi state media reported that Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi had directed traveling facilitation for all the injured people whose cases require treatment abroad.
Tensions escalated in Baghdad on Monday after Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said he was quitting politics, setting off violent clashes between his supporters and Coordination Framework loyalists in the capital's high-security Green Zone which led to the death of at least 30 people, and the injury of over 500 people.
A committee led by Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji on Saturday visited those wounded during the demonstrations.
Araji directed the hospital administrations, upon the approval of PM Kadhimi, to “provide detailed reports on each case, to find out their needs and facilitate the travel of cases that require treatment outside the country,” Iraqi state media reported.
Sadr on Tuesday condemned the violence that ensued from the protests under his name, calling on his supporters to end the demonstrations and evacuate Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, where they had held a sit-in since late July.
Despite Sadr’s call for ending the violence, his militia Saraya al-Salam and pro-Iran Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) militia groups engaged in heavy confrontations in Iraq’s southern city of Basra on Wednesday, leaving at least four militants killed, according to AFP.
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday condemned the violent intra-Shiite clashes that broke out in Iraq, urging all the political actors in the country to engage in “constructive dialogue” to bring an end to the political instability.
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