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2021-12-26 Iraq
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Governor of Iraq's Najaf province resigns after protests
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The governor of Iraq’s Najaf province resigned on Friday, a day after another governor also quit following demonstrations against living conditions and corruption. Louai al-Yasseri resigned from his leadership in Najaf, in central Iraq, a day after the governor of Nasiriyah province in the south quit following the violent mostly peaceful suppression of protesters.
Their departures underline the challenges facing war-scarred Iraq and how little has changed despite protests that swept Baghdad and the South two years ago.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators erupted into the streets to express their anger at corruption, unemployment and crumbling public services, and hundreds bit the dust in protest-related violence.
Yasseri announced at a presser that he was leaving his post in the holy Shia city, according to the official Iraqi News Agency.
His resignation follows harsh criticism from prominent Shia leader Moqtada Tater al-Sadr
 ...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival, al-Khoei, assassinated only a few hours after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he's gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry...
, who emerged as kingmaker following legislative elections in October. 
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