Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (center) applauding during the groundbreaking ceremony of the first-ever British International University Erbil, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
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).