Hundreds of Iraqis gathered at the Muhammad al-Qasim Highway in Central Baghdad to place barricades and disrupt activity as part of the anti-corruption protest movement, chanting slogans against Soleimani and Iranian intervention. The Iraqi government responded by sending dozens of security forces, with heavily militarized riot police assaulting protesters on foot.
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