Student protests continue in Iraq’s Kurdistan region
The students are demanding a return of stipends paid to them by the government that were cut during the Islamic State crisis, according to Kurdish media.
Protests by students demanding their stipends continued in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq today.
Thousands of students took to the streets in the city of Sulaymaniyah today for the third day in the row. Security forces used live gunfire to try and disperse the crowds, the pro-opposition news outlet NRT reported.
