Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Iraq's Minister of Defense Thabit Muhammad Al-Abbas shake hands during a ceremony for Al-Abbas before leaving the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023 (Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
KDP President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with the United Kingdom's newly inaugurated Ambassador to Iraq Stephen Charles Hitchen in Erbil, August 8, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) shaking hands with the United Kingdom's newly inaugurated Ambassador to Iraq Stephen Charles Hitchen in Erbil, August 8, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Russian soldiers and Syrian government forces gathering next to a bus during the evacuation of rebel fighters and their families from the town of Dumayr, Syria, April 19, 2018. (Photo: SANA via AP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk in Erbil, August 7, 2023. (Photo: KRG)