Shafaq News/ Iraqi lawmaker Ali Saadoun al-Lami has survived an assassination attempt in Maysan's capital city, Amarah, a source revealed on Sunday.

The source told Shafaq News Agency that a group of unknown assailants reportedly sprayed al-Lami's vehicle with bullets in the Dobaysat area near the Baghdad bus station.

"The lawmaker's bodyguards reacted to the source of fire and forced them to flee," the source concluded.