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Added on the 18/11/2021 19:47:49 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Thousands of Iraqis pour onto Tahrir Square in Baghdad in support of Palestinians amid Israeli air strikes on Gaza in reprisal for a surprise Hamas attack. IMAGES
Protesters burn portraits of the Swedish king as they rally in Baghdad's Tahrir Square against a Stockholm protest in which a man stomped on the Koran, weeks after he had burnt pages of Islam's holy book, sparking anger across the Muslim world. IMAGES
People brandish portraits of religious leader Moqtada Sadr after protesters set fire to the Swedish embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in Sweden. IMAGES
Iraqis protest outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad a day after an Iraqi citizen living in Sweden stomped on the Koran and set several pages alight in front of Stockholm's largest mosque. IMAGES
Footage released by Moscow show S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems arriving in Belarus, as Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is in Minsk for talks with strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko and troop inspections ahead of the joint drills scheduled later this month. IMAGES