Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani (center) during a meeting with Sulaimani and Halabja governors and Garmiyan and Raparin Administration heads, May 17, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Amid tear gas, Iraqi security forces chase anti-government protesters in Baghdad on Sunday. Many of the protesters are unemployed young men, October 2019. (Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with the newly appointed UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Abu Dhabi's Presidential Airport, May 16, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Sadrist Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr reading a statement at his headquarters in al-Hananah, Najaf, May 16, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24 TV screengrab)
President of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Masoud Barzani in meeting with Belgian Ambassador to Iraq and Jordan Filip Vanden Bulcke, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, May 14, 2022. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)