Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Sulaimaniya over the past two days to protest delayed salary payments, raising the pressure on Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) as it contends with overlapping financial and political crises. In violent crackdowns by security forces, several protesters were injured and about three dozen were arrested, according to both protest organizers and security officials. View full article at www.iraqoilreport.com