Assailants have fired three rockets at Basra Airport in Iraq after a chaotic night that saw hundreds of protesters setting ablaze the Iranian consulate, attacking offices belonging to Iranian-backed militias and blocking roads. Assailants have fired three rockets at Basra Airport in Iraq after a chaotic night that saw hundreds of protesters setting ablaze the Iranian consulate, attacking offices belonging to Iranian-backed militias and blocking roads. Protesters storm the Basra government building (Nabil al-Jurani/AP)An official said it was not clear who was behind the attack on Basra Airport, which also houses the US consulate. They also burned an Iranian flag and trampled over a portrait of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Protesters raise the Iraqi flag over the Basra government building (Nabil al-Jurani/AP)On Saturday, the two-storey consulate was partially burned.

Source: Irish Independent September 08, 2018 11:26 UTC