Saad Hariri says he is stepping down after hitting a ‘dead end’ in trying to resolve the crisis, which has paralyzed the country for nearly two weeks.

The goal was to find women who needed multiple procedures to complete an abortion, an official says.

Their number has risen from 680 a decade ago to over 1,000 today.

Hundreds are wounded in the attack in Karbala.

A move to meet one of their demands – replacing the dictatorship-era constitution – appears to gain some momentum in congress.