Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) is pictured during his meeting with US Consul General Mark Stroh in Erbil, August 24, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar (center) received by KRG acting minister of natural minister, August 24, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan (top right) shaking hands with Kurdistan Region's Minister of Interior Reber Ahmed in Erbil, August 24, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting the UK’s Minister of State for Security Tom Tugendhat, Aug. 23, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn posters depicting an LGBTQ+ flag during a protest in Karbala, Iraq, June 29, 2023, sparked by the burning of a Quran in Sweden (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP/GETTY)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with the newly inaugurated US Consul General in Erbil Mark Stroh, Aug. 23, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Leaders of BRICS countries pose for a group photo on the inauguration of the 15th summit of the grouping in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 22, 2023. (Photo: Russian Foreign Ministry/HO/AFP)
Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) speaks during a joint press conference with Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Baghdad, Aug. 22, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
KDP President Masoud Barzani (center) is pictured while speaking at a townhall meeting with academics and teachers in Duhok province, Aug. 22, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)