A demonstrator throws a tear gas bomb during a protest over corruption, lack of jobs, and poor services, in Baghdad, Iraq October 27, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iraqi protesters remained in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square on Sunday, defying a bloody crackdown that killed scores over the weekend and an overnight raid by security forces seeking to disperse them.
Young men had erected barricades on a bridge leading to the capital's fortified Green Zone between them and security forces who continued to lob tear gas canisters towards them.
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