A nun makes the sign of the cross while praying as she awaits the arrival of Pope Francis at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, March 7, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
President Masoud Barzani in meeting with Khamis al-Khanjar, a prominent Iraqi political figure and leader of the al-Siyada Alliance, Feb. 13, 2025, Erbil, Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani in meeting with Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, the UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, in Dubai , UAE, Feb. 13, 2025. (Photo: KRG)
Two U.S. Navy EA-18G Growlers fly in formation during an Operation Inherent Resolve mission over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Photo: CENTCOM)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (L) and Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the United Arab Emirates (UAE),(R). (Photo: KRG and Designed by Kurdistan24)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, (R), shakes hands with Iraqi PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, at the Saadabad palace in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 8, 2025. (Photo: Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit, as officials and media visit the site, near Arak, Iran, Dec. 23, 2019. (Photo: AP)
Kurdistan Region’s Minister of Transport and Communications, Ano Jawhar (R), met with U.S. politician Sam Brownback (L) in Washington, D.C.(Photo: Kurdistan24)
Fighters loyal to the interim Syrian government gather around a fire in the village of Hawik near the town of Qusayr in Syria's central Homs province on February 12, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with outgoing British Ambassador to Iraq, Stephen Hitchen, Feb. 12, 2025. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) signing a MoU with Mohammad al-Gergawi, the UAE’s Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Feb. 12, 2025. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) during his meeting with Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, Feb. 12, 2025. (Photo: KRG)
Hemin Hawrami, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) politburo member, shaking hands with U.S. Congressman Abraham Hamadeh, Jan 12, 2025. (Photo: Hawrami's LinkedIn account)
Qamra Ali, a 65-year-Kurdish woman who was displaced with her family from Ras al-Ain, after Their homes and belonging have been seized or looted in the Turkish offensive in Oct. 2019(Photo: AFP)
In this June 10, 2011, file photo, taken during a government-organized visit for media, Syrian army soldiers standing on their military trucks shout slogans in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Damascus, Syria. (Photo: AP)
US President Donald Trump (R) meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Feb. 11, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani, in meeting with the UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in Dubai, Feb. 12, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Pope Francis presides over a mass for the jubilee of the armed forces in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Feb. 9, 2025. (Photo: Alessandra Tarantino / AP))
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) during his meeting with Kuwait's Prime Minister Ahmad al-Abdullah al-Sabah, Feb. 11, 2025. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) during his meeting with Jassim Mohammed al-Budaiwi, Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Feb. 11, 2025. (Photo: KRG)
Minister Safeen Dizayee, Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Department of Foreign Relations (DFR), speaking at an economic event in Italy, Jan. 11, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
The photo shows the meeting between Kurdistan Region's Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and UAE Health Minister, H.E. Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al Owais. (Photo: KRG)
Women watch as a container truck is loaded with their belongings before leaving for Iraq from the Hol camp. in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province on Feb. 9, 2025,(Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region's Prime Minister Masrour Barzani meeting H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa holds a joint press conference with the Turkish president following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, on Feb. 4, 2025(Photo:AFP, Edited by Kurdistan24)
Edda Mueller, chairwoman of Transparency International Germany poses for the media with the Corruption Perceptions Index 2018, in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 29, 2019. (Photo: Markus Schreiber / AP)