This is an entry from: Iraq elections 2021: Iraqis await results as voting comes to a close
Security remains tight in Baghdad
10 October 2021 10:46 BST
MEE’s Alex MacDonald is in Baghdad, where security remains tight on election day.
Armoured vehicles dotted the corners of the city centre streets, which are considerably less congested than usual.
Near Tahrir Square, the epicentre of anti-government protests in October 2019, riot shields and other equipment were laid out on the side of the street in apparent anticipation of unrest.
Mid-morning, an F-16 circled above the city, seemingly a show of national strength by the Iraqi air force.