Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering a speech at the inauguration of Lanaz Refinery in Erbil, Oct. 26, 2022. (Photo: Islam Hero/Kurdistan 24)
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (L), a candidate for Iraq's prime minister position, speaking to an unidentified official in the capital Baghdad, Oct. 13, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi parliament/ Ho / AFP)
A demonstrator draped in the Iraqi national flag stands before security forces near al-Jumhuriya (Republic) bridge leading to the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone on Oct. 25, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani, delivering a speech at the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for Khalifan-Spelik strategic road project, September 15, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm, Oct 24 (Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Karl Harris, deputy of the general commander of the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), in Erbil, Oct. 25, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Nour Zuhair Jassem, an Iraqi businessman suspected of being a culprit in the unprecedent theft of $2.5bn, is pictured behind jail bars, Oct. 24, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi Social media networks)
A view of a dried up body of a dead fish on drying earth in the Chibayesh marshland in Iraq's southern Ahwar area, June 20, 2021. (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Shia' Al-Sudani (right) during his meeting with the Pakistani Ambassador to Iraq Ahmed Amjad Ali, Oct. 24, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister's Media Office)
