Illustrative: A general view of the room hosting a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on Ukraine, in Geneva, on May 12, 2022. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with United Nations envoy to Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Nov. 24, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
A Kurdish flag is pictured amid the destruction caused by a reported Iranian rocket attack near town city of Altun Kupri (Perdi), north of Kirkuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Nov. 23, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Iranians in Greece lit candles to commemorate the death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, 22, in this file photo from October 29, 2022 (Photo: Louisa GOULIAMAKI AFP/File)
People inspect a site damaged by Turkish airstrikes that hit an electricity station in the village of Taql Baql, in Hasakeh province, Syria, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the second and third phases of 150-meter ring road in Erbil, Nov. 23, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
A Syrian fighter fires a turrent in the back of a 'technical' vehicle during military drills by the Turkish-backed 'Suleiman Shah Division' in the opposition-held Afrin region of northern Syria on Tuesday (Photo: AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia' Al-Sudani (left) during his meeting with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Nov. 23, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia' Al-Sudani (right) walking alongside Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani in Baghdad, Nov. 22, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)