A photo taken from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Hamam shows smoke rising after an explosion during an Israeli army operation in the village of Kfarshouba near the border on Feb. 16, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
Hundreds of people carrying fiery torches climb up the Kale mountaintop, located in Akre, a town in Kurdistan Region's Duhok province popularly referred to as the capital of Newroz, the Kurdish New Year. (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg)
Spokesperson for the Preparatory Committee for the Syrian National Dialogue Conference, Hassan Al-Daghim, in an interview with Kurdistan 24 in Damascus, Feb. 16, 2025.(Photo: Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani speaking at the presser on the sidelines on Munich Security Conference, Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (R) and Tobias Lindner (L), the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
An Israel Air-Force (IAF) Boeing 707 refueling plane and several F-35 and F-15 fighter jets carry out a drill just off the coast of Israel, August 15, 2024. (Photo: Israel Defense Forces IDF)
Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa attending a meeting with officials and local leaders in the northwestern city of Idlib on Feb. 15, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani shaking hands with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, in Munich, Germany, Feb. 15, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani shaking hands with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Feb. 15, 2025. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
The DEM Party delegation is pictured on their arrival to the Kurdistan Region prior to their anticipated meeting with President Barzani on Sunday. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
(KRP) Nechirvan Barzani (R) and His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II (L), the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Kurdistan Region's President Nechirvan Barzani (R) and Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (L). (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (L) and His Excellency Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (R), Prime Minister of Kuwait. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Kurdistan Region President (KRP) Nechirvan Barzani (R) met with H.E. Dr. Mohammed al-Khulaifi (L), Minister of State at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Photo: Presidency Office)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (left) shaking hands with Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, Feb. 14, 2024. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looks on during his meeting with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Riyadh on Oct. 23, 2024. (Photo: AFP)