A US soldier stands by a Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) during a patrol in the countryside near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province. Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo: Delil Souleiman / AFP)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Wednesday chaired a meeting with Kurdish political parties in Erbil (Photo: Kurdistan Region’s Presidency)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Denmark's Ambassador to Iraq Christian Thorning, Nov. 21, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Smoke billows on the horizon outside the Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah (Slemani), where the bases of several Iranian opposition groups are located, September 28, 2022. (AFP)
"Free Woman" square in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, also known as Ayn al-Arab, in the north of the Aleppo governorate, Nov. 20, 2022. (Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP)
Iranian protesters gather around a burning car during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the capital Tehran, on November 16, 2019 (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
Turkish military convoy drives through the village of Urum al-Jawz, in Idlib province, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. (Photo: AP /Ghaith Alsayed, File)