UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (C) arrives for a meeting with Iraq's foreign minister at the foreign ministry in Baghdad, March 1, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Zana Mullah Khalid (right), The Head of the KDP's parliamentary block, and Luqman Wardi, the deputy of the Head of the PUK’s parliamentary block, speaking in a press conference, Feb. 28, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian hold a joint press conference in Baghdad, Feb. 22, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Ahmed Ibrahim Saeed Al Zahri, the Consul General of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Kurdistan Region during his interview with Kurdistan 24, Feb. 26, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Iraqi President Abdul-Latif Rashid (right) during his meeting with United States Ambassador to Iraq, Alina L. Romanowski, Feb. 26, 2023. (Photo: Iraqi Presidency)
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (third from right) walking along with Arab parliamentary leaders in Damascus, Feb. 26, 2023. (Photo: Syrian Arab News Agency)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (left) posing for a photo with the then-Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, June 13, 2021. (Photo: Mohamed Al Hammadi/the UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs)
Thabet Muhammad Al-Abbasi (left), the Iraqi Minister of Defense, walks with his counterpart Amir Hatamim, Feb. 25, 2023. (Photo: Iraqi Ministry of defense/Twitter)
John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, June 23, 2022 (Photo: AP)
Representatives of 18 Arab countries, including speakers of parliaments and legislative authorities, gathering in Baghdad to participate in the 34th session of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union, Feb. 25, 2023. (Photo: Iraqi News Agency)
Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation of the United Nations, speaks during the Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly on Ukraine, Feb. 22, 2023. (Photo: AFP)