Supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr gather at the Iraqi capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone as they continue their ongoing protest against a nomination for prime minister by a rival Shiite faction, August 5, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad
Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr (image), occupy the Iraqi parliament for a fifth consecutive day, in protest at a nomination for prime minister by a rival Shiite faction in Baghdad's Green Zone, August 3, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Ruba
Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Democratic Party with Bafel Talabani, president of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Aug. 4, 2022. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
Minister of Peshmerga Affairs Shoresh Ismail Abdulla (right) met separately with US and British military officials on Tuesday, Apr. 5, 2022 (Photo: Shoresh Ismail Abdulla/Facebook)
Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr (image), wave flags as they occupy the Iraqi parliament for a fifth consecutive day in the capital Baghdad's Green Zone, August 3, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on Wednesday met with Hans Akerboom, the Dutch Consul General to Erbil, August 3, 2022. (Photo: Barzani headquarters)
The bulk carrier Razoni starts its way from the port in Odesa, Ukraine, Aug. 1, 2022. According to Ukraine's Ministry of Infrastructure, the ship is carrying 26 thousand tons of Ukrainian corn to Lebanon (Photo: Michael Shtekel/AP)
Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gather inside the parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, as they continue their sit-in to protest a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister on August 2 (Photo: Sabah Arar
