Shafaq News/ Iraq's riot police used batons to disperse a crowd of demonstrators who gathered in Baghdad's Tahrir square to commemorate the third anniversary of the October protests.

A source told Shafaq News Agency that the security forces pushed the demonstrators toward al-Khellani square and reopened the tunnel that leads to al-Saadoun street

Shafaq News/ Demonstrators were seen flocking the streets of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, toward the Tahrir square.

Concrete blast walls and barbed wire returned to the heart of Baghdad on Tuesday before expected gatherings to commemorate the October 2019 pro-reform protests.

Anti-riot police and other security forces have been sent in, closing all

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Shiyaa al-Sudani received on Tuesday a high-level diplomatic and military US delegation, an official readout by his bureau said.

The delegation, according to the readout, was headed by Washington's ambassador to Baghdad, Alina Romanowski, and the commander of Combined Joint Task Force–Operation I

Shafaq News/ The State of Law coalition led by Nuri al-Maliki revealed that discussions are still ongoing with the political parties regarding the next government.

Fadel Mawat, a leader in the Coalition, told Shafaq News Agency that the ministerial share of the State of Law coalition in this government is four portfolios, but "to facilitate