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Escalating Tensions in Kurdistan Region and Iraq Amid US Withdrawal, Financial Crisis, and Protests
On September 29, 2026, tensions intensified across the Kurdistan Region and Iraq on three major fronts. On the security level, U.S. and coalition forces began withdrawing from Erbil ahead of the September 30 deadline. While the Iraqi military spokesperson stated that no foreign forces would remain, Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani warned that the withdrawal poses a grave danger, particularly after more than 1,000 drone and missile attacks targeted the region from Iran since February.
Financially and politically, the salary crisis has deepened severely. Public sector employees in the Kurdistan Region have gone unpaid for three months, as Baghdad conditioned fund transfers on receiving 120 billion IQD in non-oil internal revenues. Simultaneously, banks across Iraq suspended pension payouts due to severe liquidity shortages, amplifying economic pressure nationwide.
Domestically, popular discontent reached a high point on September 27 in Sulaimaniyah, where thousands of doctors and healthcare workers held massive demonstrations protesting the collapsing health system and delayed salaries. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Peshmerga expressed deep concern over leaving the region exposed without air defense systems, as Kurdistan lacks its own systems and Baghdad has yet to procure them. [میدیای ناوخۆیی و ڕاگەیەندراوە فەرمییەکان](https://www.google.com/search?q=)
On September 29, 2026, tensions intensified across the Kurdistan Region and Iraq on three major fronts. On the security level, U.S. and coalition forces began withdrawing from Erbil ahead of the September 30 deadline. While the Iraqi military spokesperson stated that no foreign forces would remain, Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani warned that the withdrawal poses a grave danger, particularly after more than 1,000 drone and missile attacks targeted the region from Iran since February.
Financially and politically, the salary crisis has deepened severely. Public sector employees in the Kurdistan Region have gone unpaid for three months, as Baghdad conditioned fund transfers on receiving 120 billion IQD in non-oil internal revenues. Simultaneously, banks across Iraq suspended pension payouts due to severe liquidity shortages, amplifying economic pressure nationwide.
Domestically, popular discontent reached a high point on September 27 in Sulaimaniyah, where thousands of doctors and healthcare workers held massive demonstrations protesting the collapsing health system and delayed salaries. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Peshmerga expressed deep concern over leaving the region exposed without air defense systems, as Kurdistan lacks its own systems and Baghdad has yet to procure them. [میدیای ناوخۆیی و ڕاگەیەندراوە فەرمییەکان](https://www.google.com/search?q=)