TO GO WITH AFP STORY by W.G. Dunlop, Iraq-Syria-conflict-US-Baghdad-curfewIraqis celebrate on February 8, 2015, the lift of curfew in central Baghdad. Iraqis roared through central Baghdad in dozens of cars flying flags, honking horns and filling the street with smoke from their screeching tyres to celebrate the end of a years-old nightly curfew. «Long live Iraq!», one young man shouted while hanging out the window of a passing car early on Sunday morning. It was the first night in years that Baghdad residents could stay out as late as they wished, after Iraqi premier Haider al-Abadi ordered an end to the long-running curfew that had most recently lasted from midnight to 5:00 am (1800 to 0200 GMT). AFP PHOTOALI AL-SAADI
TO GO WITH AFP STORY by W.G. Dunlop, Iraq-Syria-conflict-US-Baghdad-curfewIraqis celebrate on February 8, 2015, the lift of curfew in central Baghdad. Iraqis roared through central Baghdad in dozens of cars flying flags, honking horns and filling the street with smoke from their screeching tyres to celebrate the end of a years-old nightly curfew. «Long live Iraq!», one young man shouted while hanging out the window of a passing car early on Sunday morning. It was the first night in years that Baghdad residents could stay out as late as they wished, after Iraqi premier Haider al-Abadi ordered an end to the long-running curfew that had most recently lasted from midnight to 5:00 am (1800 to 0200 GMT). AFP PHOTOALI AL-SAADI
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أ ف ب (بغداد)
أعلن رئيس الوزراء العراقي عادل عبد المهدي ليل الأربعاء الخميس، حظراً للتجول في العاصمة بغداد، فيما يواصل المتظاهرون التجمع في وسط العاصمة لليوم الثاني من الاحتجاجات الدامية. ويطال حظر التجول الذي يسري بدءا من الساعة الخامسة من صباح اليوم (الخميس) (03,00 ت غ) حتى إشعار آخر «العجلات والأفراد في بغداد».