Royal Jordanian (RJ) announced on Sunday it had suspended all flights to the Iraqi city of Najaf due to the security situation at its airport.

Najaf is the ninth destination in the region - from Mosul in Iraq to Aden and Sanaa in Yemen - to which RJ has suspended flights due to security reasons, the airline said in a statement.

Security forces in Iraq have been placed on high alert following ongoing protests in the country's southern provinces over poor government services and corruption. - TradeArabia News Service