Protests

Four public transport buses in the capital were set on fire, while others were seriously damaged in mass protests against the new citizenship act.

Police are using tear gas against students at Jamia Millia Islamia University in the southern part of the capital. More than 100 activists and 35 police officers, including some senior officers, were injured.

Amnesty International said on Dec. 16 that at least 304 people were killed in last month's anti-government protests in Iran, a significantly higher number than what the rights group had reported previously.

Protesters and police were injured as a result of clashes in Lebanon's capital Beirut as demonstrators continue to demand a change in government.

As a result, parts of public transport, schools and many businesses will be closed following the escalation of expected violence.

The Supreme Court prosecutor's office has decided to review the release in summer of Epaminondas Korkoneas, a police special guard convicted for the deadly shooting in December 2008 of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia, it emerged on Monday.

Tens of thousands of Iraqis massed in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on Nov. 1 in the biggest demonstrations since anti-government protests erupted a month ago, defying security forces that have killed scores of people and harshly criticizing Iran's involvement in the country's affairs.

At least two people were killed and 175 were wounded in Baghdad after Iraqi security forces used tear gas against protesters which were trying to enter the fenced in Green Zone, Reuters quoted security forces and medical personnel sources.

Both deaths were caused by a tear gas metal box that hit the victims' heads directly, BTA reported.

Iraqi security forces fired tear gas to force protesters away from Baghdad's Green Zone on Oct. 26 ahead of a planned parliament session, AFP correspondents said, a day after 42 demonstrators were killed.    

Students clashed with police in central Athens on Friday during a protest against reforms to the higher education system by the country's conservative government.
Riot police fired tear gas to disperse protesters when they tried to break a police cordon barring access to the Parliament building.

Iraq faced the prospect of a deepening political crisis on Oct. 5, after four days of unrest left at least 64 people dead, and authorities lifted a round-the-clock curfew in the capital meant to quell the anti-government demonstrations.