
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Protesters set fire to offices belonging to a Shi’ite political party and a Shia militia group in Iraq’s southern Muthanna province on Friday, police sources said.
The offices of the Hikma movement and Asaib Ahl al-Haq were set ablaze by protesters in central Samawa city. Security forces attempted to dispel the demonstrators with tear gas.
Reporting by Reuters Baghdad bureau; Writing Raya Jalabi; Editing by David Clarke