Protesters have once again blocked the entrance to Iraq's Umm Qasr commodit...
FILE PHOTO: Iraqi protesters burn tires during the ongoing anti-government protests in Basra, Iraq November 17, 2019. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani/File Photo
If the blockage goes on until the afternoon, operations will come to a complete halt, the sources said. The port was previously blocked from Oct. 29 to Nov. 9 with a brief resumption of operations between Nov. 7-9. The blockage cost the country more than $6 billion during just the first week of the closure, a government spokesman said at the time.
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