US Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski speaks during the 2nd edition of the Iraq Oil and Gas Show conference in Baghdad, Feb. 18, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia' Al-Sudani (center) supervising the signing of a 5-year-long memorandum of understanding between General Electric and Ministry of Electricity in Baghdad, Feb. 16, 2023. (Photo: Handout/Iraqi Prime Minister
Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs Fuad Hussein speaking to Kurdistan 24 during an exclusive interview in Washington, DC, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
British Consul General to Kurdistan Region Rosy Cave is pictured during an exclusive interview with Kurdistan 24 in Erbil, Jan. 31, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
An engineer walks in the grounds of the Khurmala oilfield, 10Km south of Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region, July 18, 2009. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Lebanon's caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayad (right) meeting with French Envoy in charge of coordinating the international aid to Lebanon Pierre Duquesne in the capital Beirut, Feb. 3, 2023. (Photo: Dalati and Nohra/AFP)