5 000 civilians in the town of Al –khazer Trapped between Daesh  and Shia militias, known as the Popular Mobilisation Units (PMUs) or Hashd al-Shaabi.  

In Sulaimaniya Iraqi Kurdistan, 850 workers from Tax collection offices have been striking alongside thousands worker all over the governor for 2 months because the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) refused to pay Government workers wages for several months.