Baghdad demonstrators set fire to Swedish embassy after permission granted for Koran-burning protest
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Demonstrators set fire to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on July 20, 2023 after two men in Sweden were granted permission to stage a protest including the burning of a Koran. FRANCE 24's Antonia Kerrigan tells us more.