An Iraqi boy sells cotton candy by the Shatt Al-Arab River in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Nov. 14, 2020 (Photo: HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivers his remarks at the inauguration of Kurdistan Innovation Institute in the capital Erbil, Nov. 14, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Thursday delivered a commencement speech to the class of 2022 at the University of Kurdistan - Hawler, Oct 20, 2022 (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering a speech during a graduation ceremony of Salahaddin University-Erbil, Sept. 29, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Ahmed Zawiti (left), the chief executive officer of Kurdistan 24 Company for Media and Research, poses for a photo with Al-Jazeera Media Institute's director, Eman Al-Amri, in the Qatari capital Doha, Sept. 27, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
A number of students and their families protested the decision to ban the Syrian government curriculum in northern Syria (Photo submitted to Kurdistan 24).
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left center) awarding a 12th-grade student a certificate of excellence for scoring high marks in her baccalaureate examinations, Sept. 21, 2022. (Photo: Islam Hero/Kurdistan 24)
