Bilal Wahab is a fellow at the Washington Institute of Near East Policy.
Security forces intervene in a demonstration by university students as they protest the failure of the Kurdistan Regional Government to increase the financial allowances allocated to complete their education. (Later photos show they set fire to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan building in the background.) Sulaymaniyah, November 23, 2021. Fariq Faraj Mahmood/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
