US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd L), Syrian FM Asaad al-Shibani (3rd R), and Mazloum Abdi, Commander of the SDF (2nd R) meet on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, on Feb. 13, 2026 in Munich.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) receiving International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi (L) at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Tehran on Apr. 16, 2025. (AFP)
Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region (L), and Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan (R), during his meeting with Jonathan Powell, National Security Adviser of the United Kingdom, Feb. 13, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Infographic with a map showing the location of detention camps for relatives of jihadists and prisons for jihadists in northern Syria, based on data collected by ISW between May 2024 and Jan. 2026. (AFP)
Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region (right), during his meeting with Jonathan Powell, National Security Adviser of the United Kingdom, Feb. 13, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region (right), during his meeting with Nawaf Salam, Prime Minister of Lebanon, Feb. 13, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Joshua Harris, CDA of the US Embassy in Iraq, L, Abdul Hussein al-Mousawi, head of the Al-Nahj National Alliance. (Photo: US Embassy Baghdad X account)
President Masoud Barzani (R), and the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Mohammad Zaman (L), in Pirmam, Kurdistan Region, on Feb. 12, 2025. (Photo: Barzani HQ)
Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez (R) speaks next to US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright during a press conference after a meeting at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on Feb. 11, 2026.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (off frame) in, Florida, on Dec. 29, 2025. (AFP)
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during a joint press conference0, following his meeting with his Iraqi counterpart at the Iraqi FM, in Baghdad on Nov. 2, 2025. (AFP)
US military vehicles move along a road in a convoy transporting ISIS detainees being transferred to Iraq from Syria, on the outskirts of Hasakah province on Feb. 7, 2026.
President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with prominent Iraqi political figure Khamis Al-Khanjar, Feb. 11, 2026. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Kuwait’s Ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Mohammed Al-Zaman, Feb. 11, 2026. (Photo: KRG)
President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with Victoria Taylor, director of the Iraq Initiative at the Atlantic Council, Feb. 11, 2026. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
Members of the Syrian government forces stand on vehicles parked along the roadside as they enter the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on Feb. 3, 2026. (AFP)