Kata'ib Hezbollah calls on Al-Kadhimi to resign

According to media reports, at least 82 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a fire that broke out in the coronavirus intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital.

The opposition groups have accused Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi's government of widespread corruption and mismanagement as the reason beyond the tragic incident.

Today after the incident, the resistance group Kata'ib Hezbollah called on Al-Kadhimi to leave office and resign. The group has said that the country is suffering from a lack of the rule of law and corruption.

Their statement also expresses sympathy with the families of the victims of the tragic incident.

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