By NNN-KUNA
Baghdad : The Iraqi operation command said Tuesday that it has imposed a curfew in Sadr city in Baghdad starting at 7pm local time and will be effective till 6am on Wednesday.
Major General Qassem Al-Mosawi from the Iraqi police said the curfew would be imposed on all types of vehicles and people, adding that it comes as a result of tension in Sadr city and burning of offices of political parties.
Meanwhile, Iraqi security forces have also imposed a curfew in the three southern cities of Karbala, Diwaniya, Babel, in addition to Al-Naseriya, Kout, and Samawah amid intense military operations against the armed Sadr militia in the main southern city of Basra.
Security tensions which spread to several cities forced security authorities to impose a curfew to start in Karbala at 9pm local time on vehicles and people till Wednesday morning, according to Iraqi police director Major General Shaker Jawdat.
Elsewhere, Iraqi security sources said after heavy clashes between government forces and armed militias, Iraqi authorities imposed curfew in towns surrounding Basra city and nearby provinces.
An Iraqi security source said Al-Samawah city has imposed a full curfew in the city which began at 3pm.