KURDISH communists were among those teargassed by security forces in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq on Saturday, during protests against Turkey’s invasion. 

They hit out at the international silence over the ongoing bombardment of Iraqi Kurdistan, which has seen daily bombings of Kurdish villages for the last 14 months amid allegations of the use of chemical weapons and other atrocities. 

Protesters blocked a road in Slemani as part of a global day of action, but they were met with heavy-handed security forces who sprayed them with teargas to break up the demonstration, which marched along Salim Street, Slemani’s main thoroughfare.