![1229125266 Supporters of Hashed al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary network dominated by Iran-backed factions, wave the Hashed flag as they stand under the national flag during a protest denouncing comments made by Kurdish ex-minister and to show their support to the paramilitary network in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on October 17, 2020. - Hashed supporters burned down the main Kurdish party's headquarters in Baghdad after criticism from a Iraq's Former Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. Hundreds of Hashed demonstrat](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/10/GettyImages-1229125266.jpg/GettyImages-1229125266.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=y71FciYf)
![1229125266 Supporters of Hashed al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary network dominated by Iran-backed factions, wave the Hashed flag as they stand under the national flag during a protest denouncing comments made by Kurdish ex-minister and to show their support to the paramilitary network in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on October 17, 2020. - Hashed supporters burned down the main Kurdish party's headquarters in Baghdad after criticism from a Iraq's Former Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. Hundreds of Hashed demonstrat](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/10/GettyImages-1229125266.jpg/GettyImages-1229125266.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=y71FciYf)
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![1229125266 Supporters of Hashed al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary network dominated by Iran-backed factions, wave the Hashed flag as they stand under the national flag during a protest denouncing comments made by Kurdish ex-minister and to show their support to the paramilitary network in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on October 17, 2020. - Hashed supporters burned down the main Kurdish party's headquarters in Baghdad after criticism from a Iraq's Former Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. Hundreds of Hashed demonstrat](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/10/GettyImages-1229125266.jpg/GettyImages-1229125266.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=y71FciYf)
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