More than 350 people have been killed and thousands wounded in nearly two months of protests against the ruling elite. Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 17 protesters and wounded another 90 in clashes in the southern city of Nasiriyah early Thursday, in the latest bloody crackdown against nearly two months of anti-government protests. Source Deutsche Welle
Farmers Action Group Farmers Defense Force is preparing a nationwide blockade that should disrupt the entire food supply in the Netherlands a week before Christmas, resulting in empty shelves. According to a spokesperson for the group ‘it is obvious’ that distribution centers throughout the country are being blocked for this. “Anyone can easily participate in that, it is regional.” Source AD
Greece and Turkey have come closer to armed conflict after Turkey’s surprise delineation of an Exclusive Economic Zone with Libya, experts tell Al Jazeera. Source Al Jazeera
This week the police arrested a 31-year-old man in Amsterdam on suspicion of owning an anti-tank weapon. According to the OM, it is exceptional that such weapons are found in the Netherlands. Source Het Parool
