Baghdad Ups Financial Support for Iraqi Kurdistan
The federal government in Baghdad on Sunday agreed to increase funds allocated to Iraqi Kurdistan that are desperately needed to pay salaries in the northern autonomous region. The decision came after thousands of people took to the streets of Dohuk, the third-biggest city in the region, in early September over unpaid civil service salaries which they blamed on Baghdad. On Sunday the federal government said in a statement it would disburse annually to Iraqi Kurdistan two trillion and one hundred... Читать дальше...