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Saturday 11 Jul 2015 - 17:36 Makkah mean time-24-9-1436
Photo from Anadolu Agency
Bagdad (IINA) – Hundreds of Iraqis took to streets of Baghdad on Friday to celebrate Al-Quds Day, in coincidence with pro-Palestine rallies staged around the world.
The annual event, held on the last Friday of Ramadan, is named after the Arabic name for Jerusalem.
Both Shia and Sunni Muslim leaders joined the crowds on the streets of the Iraqi capital. Rallies also took place across Iran, where tens of thousands of Iranians chanted "Down with America" and "Death to Israel".
“Iraqi fighters who have battled with Daesh militants do not forget Palestinians,” Muin el-Kadimi, a commander of the Shia Badr Brigade, told Anadolu Agency. “We are holding this gathering to show our solidarity.”
“We have never forgotten the persecutions against Palestinians brothers,” he added.
Al-Quds Day was initiated in Iran after the 1979 Islamic revolution to mark Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and the appropriation of Arab land since 1948.
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