Low turnout as Quds Day protesters drive over US and Israel flags in Iraq

It came out again amid the 2019 Quds Day Iranian-backed protests which seek to highlight the importance of Jerusalem and are generally a festival of anti-US and anti-Israel hatred.

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims march during a parade marking the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day) on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq May 31, 2019

(photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI)

BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

JUNE 2, 2019 21:34

Low turnout as Quds Day protesters drive over US and Israel flags in Iraq

It came out again amid the 2019 Quds Day Iranian-backed protests which seek to highlight the importance of Jerusalem and are generally a festival of anti-US and anti-Israel hatred.

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Low turnout as Quds Day protesters drive over US and Israel flags in Iraq

It came out again amid the 2019 Quds Day Iranian-backed protests which seek to highlight the importance of Jerusalem and are generally a festival of anti-US and anti-Israel hatred.

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