Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr fill the parliament building during a sit-in protest, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 4, 2022. (Photo: AP/Anmar Khalil)
In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, is welcomed by Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2025. (Photo: AP)
People walk at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp which holds suspected relatives of Islamic State (IS) group fighters, in Hasakeh governorate of northeastern Syria, March 3, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
The meeting between Iraqi PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (R) and Major General Kevin C. Leahy (L), Commander of CJTF-OIR, and Daniel Rubinstein (C), U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Iraq. (Photo: Iraqi Government)
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Transport and Communications Ano Jawhar, being interviewed by Kurdistan24, Jan. 26, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)