Protesters storm provincial government building in Iraqi city of Karbala

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Sat, 14 Jul 2018 - 07:14 GMT

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Sat, 14 Jul 2018 - 07:14 GMT

Protesters block the road to Iraq's Umm Qasr port, south of Basra, Iraq July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani

Protesters block the road to Iraq's Umm Qasr port, south of Basra, Iraq July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani

CAIRO – 14 July 2018: Protesters stormed the provincial government building in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday, a Reuters witness said.

Protests over poor government services and corruption, which had spread to the Shi'ite holy city on Saturday, entered their sixth consecutive day in several cities in Iraq's southern provinces.

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