Iraqi riot police protect the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad on Feb. 18, 2021, after calls on social media to gather there to protest Turkey's vows to invade the northwestern enclave of Sinjar (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr take part in a mourning ritual amid the Shiite Muslim Ashura commemoration period as they occupy Iraq's parliament (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP).
Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr celebrate after bringing down concrete barriers leading to the capital Baghdad's Green Zone, July 30, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
A member of security forces tries to protect himself amid a clash with demonstrators during an anti-government protest in Baghdad, Iraq May 25, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani)
Mourners chant slogans as they march in a funerary procession for renowned Iraqi activist Ihab al-Wazni in the Iraqi city of Karbala, May 9, 2021. (Photo: AFP)