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Hundreds gather in Baghdad in new round of anti-government protests

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Hundreds of Iraqis have gathered in central Baghdad for fresh anti-government protests demanding better living conditions and an overhaul of the country's political system, just days after the formation of a new government. Sunday's protests stretched to other areas, including Iraq's southern city of al-Nasriya.
To date, oil-rich Iraq has reported 2,679 confirmed coronavirus cases and 107 related deaths.
An implosion of oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic has raised concerns that Iraq will have little option but to impose austerity policies that could give rise to renewed demonstrations.
Filmed by Kareem Rasheed. The comments of author: "Iraq demonstrattion begin again with too much angry of demonstrattion! Too many injured most of them were young."

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