Kurdish forces arrest scores of civilians, cut off internet in Sulaymaniyah

... shut down the internet in Sulaymaniyah in the wee hours of Wednesday, the source said. The Iraqi Kurdistan region has been witnessing a sweeping wave of protests since Monday as demonstrators took to the streets to protest against the austerity policy, recently adopted by the Kurdish government.
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... shut down the internet in Sulaymaniyah in the wee hours of Wednesday, the source said. The Iraqi Kurdistan region has been witnessing a sweeping wave of protests since Monday as demonstrators took to the streets to protest against the austerity policy, recently adopted by the Kurdish government.