Ali Larijani, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, L, Sultan bin Mohammed al Numani, Minister of the Royal Office in the Sultanate of Oman. (Larijani's X account)
Nouri al-Maliki (right), head of the State of Law Coalition, during his meeting with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Taylor, Feb. 9, 2026. (Photo: INA)
Hareem Kamal Agha, head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK) faction at the Iraqi parliament, speaking to Kurdistan24, Feb. 9, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
Closed shops in Mosul’s city center, as traders and shop owners shut down markets in protest against the federal government’s increase in customs tariffs, Feb. 9, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
President Masoud Barzani (left) and Tom Barrack, President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy to Syria and the US Ambassador to Turkey. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
This illustration shows the welcome sign to the Kurdish city of Kobani and the statue of the Kurdish fighter (Sharvan) in the center of the city. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Traders and business owners protest new customs tariffs in Baghdad as Iraqi anti-riot police form a security line to contain demonstrators, Feb. 8, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
Jared Kushner, 2nd right and Steve Witkoff, 3rd right visit the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea with CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper, Feb. 7, 2026. (CENTCOM)
