Iraqi parliament accepts PM Abdul-Mahdi's resignation

Iraqi parliament has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported.

In an emergency meeting, lawmakers voted to accept the resignation submitted by the premier a day earlier.

Sunday's session was attended by 241 MPs of the 329-member parliament.

Iraq has been rocked by mass protests since early October against poor living conditions and corruption. Protesters’ demands later spiraled into calls for dissolving Abdel-Mahdi's government.

According to Iraq's High Commission for Human Rights, at least 406 Iraqis have been killed and 15,000 have been injured since protests began Oct. 1.