Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) walking alongside outgoing Republic of Korea Consul General in Erbil Cho Kijoung, Sept. 9, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hand with African Union Chairman and Comoros President Azali Assoumani ahead of the G20 Leaders' Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, Sept. 9, 2023. (Photo: Ludovic Marin/POOL/AFP)
A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands next an armored vehicle, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir el-Zour, Syria, Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo: Baderkhan Ahmad/ AP)
Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stand guard along a road as others deploy to impose a curfew in the town of al-Busayrah in Syria's northeastern Deir ez-Zor province on September 4, 2023 (Photo: Delil Souleman/AFP)
A KDP supporter wave his party's flag at ancient Erbil citadel in Kurdistan Region's capital during an election rally, Oct. 7, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Siyada (Sovereignty) coalition leader Khamis Khanjar in Erbil, Sept. 7, 2023. (Photo: KRG)