Iraqi Kurdistan braces as unpaid salary teacher crisis deepens

Iraqi Kurdistan braces as unpaid salary teacher crisis deepens

Tensions are rising in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region as protests are expected to resume on Thursday, driven by growing public anger over the failure of both the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Iraq's federal authorities to pay May salaries to more than one million civil servants and pensioners. In a bid to prevent demonstrations, security forces in Sulaimaniyah have detained dozens of teachers and civil servants, including several activists…