Iraqis stage sit-in at Iraq-Jordan border
SOLIDARITY
Published: 05:10 PM,Oct 20,2023 | EDITED : 09:10 PM,Oct 20,2023
Iraqis stage sit-in at Iraq-Jordan border
Hundreds of supporters of Iraqi paramilitary groups gathered at Iraq's main border crossing with Jordan to express solidarity with Gaza and call for an end to the blockade imposed by Israel.
Some 800 supporters of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) departed from Baghdad late on Thursday in buses for the Iraqi-Jordanian border crossing in western Anbar province.
It is the closest access point from Iraq to the West Bank. Amid heavy security, protesters set up tents and staged a sit-in, demanding that Israel allow aid into Gaza. "No to Israel and normalisation,” they chanted while waving Palestinian flags. - Reuters
Some 800 supporters of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) departed from Baghdad late on Thursday in buses for the Iraqi-Jordanian border crossing in western Anbar province.
It is the closest access point from Iraq to the West Bank. Amid heavy security, protesters set up tents and staged a sit-in, demanding that Israel allow aid into Gaza. "No to Israel and normalisation,” they chanted while waving Palestinian flags. - Reuters