In the Iraqi Kurdistan region, the current school year is hanging in the balance as public sector teachers in Sulaimaniyah and Halabja provinces and surrounding areas continue to boycott classes since mid-September due to unpaid salaries. While Erbil and Duhok provinces are unaffected, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) faces criticism for failing to address the financial concerns of teachers and public sector employees who have yet to receive their salaries for October 2023. On Thursday, doctors also threatened to start boycotting public clinics if they were not paid regularly. The first…