Iraqi lawmakers to hold emergency session Friday
Iraqi lawmakers will hold an emergency session on Friday to discuss ways of ending violence in the oil city of Basra, where security forces have launched a crackdown on Shi'ite militia, the parliament's speaker said.
The Iraqi Parliament has suspended its Thursday session for half an hour, due to a demand by the Kurdistan Coalition, in protest to the continuation of the Turkish/Iranian bombardment of Iraqi Kurdistan's border areas, a Kurdistan Legislature stated.