In this March 31, 2019 file, photo, women shop in the marketplace at al-Hol camp, home to families of Islamic State fighters, in Hasakeh province, Syria. (Photo: AP)
KRG Representative to EU Delavar Ajgeiy (R) and Guusje Korthals Altes (L), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Syrian Kurds sit in a truck after crossing the Syrian-Turkish border at the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province on Sept. 23, 2014. (Photo: AFP)
This Planet Labs PBC satellite image shows a fire engulfing Sudan's largest oil refinery north of Khartoum, Sudan, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (Photo: Planet Labs PBC via AP)
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit on their armored vehicles, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir el-Zour, Syria, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo: AP)
People walk and jog past an installation and a mural of portraits of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (Photo: AP/Mahmoud Illean)
The two martyred soldiers have been identified as Ali Ramadan Ismail, a resident of Semel district and Mehvan Naji Mir Sharaf, a resident of Duhok city.
Ano Abdoka, the Minister of Transportation and Communications of the KRG (left), during his meeting with Mariah Mercer, Deputy Director of the Office of International Religious Freedom (middle), Jan. 24, 2025. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)
Ano Abdoka, Minister of Transportation and Communications of the KRG (left), posing for a picture with Victoria Taylor, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran Affairs (middle), Jan. 24, 2025. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Regional Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, Jan. 23, 2025. (Photo: KRG)
Animal welfare advocates protest before UN headquarters in Erbil, Kurdistan, demanding immediate halt to the killing of stray dogs, Jan. 23, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Houthi fighters march during a rally of support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the U.S. strikes on Yemen outside Sanaa on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (Photo: AP)
