Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with US Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski, Dec. 14, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Members of the KDP delegation (left) during their meeting with the Islamic Union of Kurdistan (KIU) party leader and senior members, Dec. 14, 2022. (Photo: KIU)
Joint Staff spokesperson Air Force Col. Patrick S. Ryder addresses the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2019. (Photo: Petty Officer 2nd Class James K. Lee/U.S. Navy photo)
Unidentified crash investigators inspect the nose section of the crashed Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747 airliner in a field near Lockerbie, Scotland, December 23, 1988. (Dave Caulkin/AP)
A mobile phone, displaying a Tweet about the execution announced by Iranian authorities of Majidreza Rahnavard, the second capital punishment linked to nearly three months of protests, Dec. 12, 2022. (Photo: AFP)
Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, December 12, 2022. (Photo: Virginia Mayo/ AP)
A pedestrian walks down a street during a power cut in downtown Odesa on December 5, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Photo: Oleksandr Gimanov | AFP | Getty Images)
Iraqi demonstrators block a road with burning tyres as they protest the death of fellow protestors in clashes with security forces, in the southern city of Nasiriyah, Dec. 11, 2022. (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)