Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Nasser Kanani speaks during a press conference in the capital Tehran, Dec. 5, 2022. (Photo: Atta Kenare/AFP)
A picture taken from Israel's southern city of Sderot shows smoke rising following Israeli bombardment in the north of the Gaza Strip, Oct. 29, 2023. (Photo: Jack Guez/AFP)
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with French Ambassador to Iraq Eric Chevalier, Oct. 28, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) is pictured during his meeting with the French Ambassador to Iraq, Eric Chevalier, in Erbil, Oct. 28, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Airmen with the Security Forces Flight, 443rd Expeditionary Squadron, conduct a routine flight line patrol with U.S. flags at Al Asad Air Base on July 4, 2021. (Photo: Christie R. Smith/U.S. Army National Guard)
The Dutch government called on its citizens to immediately leave the red zones in Iraq, while making an exception for the Kurdistan Region (Photo: Dutch Foreign Ministry)