Iraq Daily Roundup: Activists Among Seven Killed

by | Aug 19, 2020 | 0 comments

At least seven people were killed and two were wounded in the latest violence:

In Basra, two women were killed and two more were wounded; one of the dead, Dr. Reham Yacoub was a well-known activist. Hours later, gunmen killed another activist and his fiancée.

Two bodies were discovered in Mosul.

Turkish strikes targeting Kurdistan Worker’s Party (P.K.K.) site in northern Iraq killed one civilian in Kani Masi.

Margaret Griffis is a journalist from Miami Beach, Florida and has been covering Iraqi casualties for Antiwar.com since 2006.

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