Iraq: Protesters renew call for autonomous Basra region

Earlier protests in Basra, Iraq. Source: AAP Image/ AP Photo

SBS Arabic24's correspondent in Baghdad says there were some renewed calls from protesters to give the southern province of Basra more control over its own affairs by being made a region.

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The protesters, though small in numbers, took the streets in Basra demanding self-governed region similar to the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.

More is in the report of SBS Arabic24's Baghdad correspondent Ashraf Alazzawi.