2020 Al-Habboubi Square attack

The Al-Habboubi Square attack was a violent conflict between soldiers of the Sadrist Movement's Saraya al-Salam and anti-government protesters on November 27, 2020.

After completing Friday prayers at noon, the group marched to Al-Habboubi Square, which was already occupied by an encampment of anti-government protesters.

[1] Multiple sources reported that al-Sadr's supporters shot at the protesters, threw petrol bombs into the encampment,[3] and burned the campers' tents.

[3] The Tahrir Institute claimed that Saraya al-Salam, Sadr's militia, was behind the attacks, though this was not confirmed by most major news outlets.

[7][8] The Tahrir Institute reported that both al-Sadr and Saleh al-Iraqi praised the attacks, accusing anti-government protesters of being "foreign agents" and calling them derogatory names.