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The significance of ongoing uprisings in Iraq and Lebanon

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Popular protests in Iraq-October 2019 The significance of ongoing uprisings in Iraq and Lebanon Iran, October 27, 2019 —On Friday, uprisings flared up in Iraq, where the outraged people returned to the streets of Baghdad and other Iraqi cities and  cried out their outrage against the Iranian regime  and its agents of suppression, especially Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the terrorist Quds force, and its militias. The protests in Iraq are happening as uprisings continue in Lebanon, where the people are fed up with an inefficient government and the destructive policies of Hezbollah,  Tehran’s terrorist proxy in the country . The uprising continues After a week of  intense protests in early October , the people of Iraq had declared a week in advance that they would resume their protests on Friday. They gathered in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square on the eve and chanted slogans against Soleimani and the Iranian regime. On Friday, the people marched on Baghda...

The Iranian regime is losing its hold on Lebanon

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Massive demonstration in Lebanon, demanding the overthrow of the ruling system- October 2019 The Iranian regime is losing its hold on Lebanon Lebanon, October 22, 2019 —Monday saw the fifth day of the  uprisings of the Lebanese people , millions of whom came the streets of Beirut and other cities in a massive strike. The protesters are demanding the overthrow of the ruling system. They are also expressing their outrage from the associates of the Iranian regime in their country and are calling for a popular strike to force the current government to resign. People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) @Mojahedineng Being the offspring of # Iran 's regime, Hezbollah is literally the IRGC of Lebanon. https:// english.mojahedin.org/i/lebanons-hez bollah-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-resident-lebanon  … Lebanon’s Hezbollah, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps resident in Lebanon | People's Mojahedin... Analysis by PMOI/...

In Lebanon, the system works for the elite

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In Lebanon, the system works for the elite October 21, 2019 Lebanese demonstrators gather at Martyrs' Square and Riad Al Solh Square during an anti-government protest against dire economic conditions and new tax regulations on messaging services like Whatsapp, in Beirut, Lebanon on 19 October 2019. “This is the most exciting, unifying thing that has happened since the end of the civil war,” said Fabio Irani, 25, a protester in Beirut. Lebanon is experiencing the rise of collective consciousness and the rejection of a sectarian division of society which has gripped the country for 29 years, since the end of the civil war in 1990. This is the culmination of decades of anger at the mismanagement of the nation by government officials, and corruption which serves only to enrich the political caste. The protesters are not just demanding the resignation of Hariri’s government, which Irani calls “Chapter one”, but the overhaul of the sectarian system. Events that have led to t...