Clashes between demonstrators – residents over Safwan border vent

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Clashes erupted between demonstrators and the residents of Safwan border vent with Kuwait. Our IraqiNews.com correspondent reported that the demonstrators demanded the border vent with Kuwait be closed, in protest of the Kuwait Mobarak terminal, while the residents of the area rejected the move as “cutting their source of daily living.” About 200 Kuwaiti trucks enter this vent daily, which is a daily source of living to the residents of the area. Basra lies 590 km south of the capital, Baghdad. RM (TS)/SR 110