Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) walks alongside the newly inaugurated US Ambassador to Iraq, Alina Romanowski, in Erbil, June 16, 2022 (Photo: KRG)
Sadrist Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr in meeting with all 73 Sadrist Movement members of parliament following their resignation, Najaf, Iraq, June 15, 2022 (Photo: Muqtada al-Sadr media office)
Nahro Zagros (middle) moderates a panel titled ‘MENA Regional Dynamics: De-escalation and Challenges’ in Istanbul, Turkey, June 13, 2022 (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
A video of former President Donald Trump speaking is displayed as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol continues to reveal its findings, June 13, 2022. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)
Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr delivers a speech before ending it abruptly due to his disapproval at the behaviour of an overenthusiastic crowd, in the central Iraqi city of Najaf, June 3, 2022. (Photo: Qassem Al-Kaabi/AFP)
A view of the Erbil oil refinery, one of the most significant plants where the crude oil is processed and refined in the Kurdistan Region capital Erbil on November 17, 2016. (Photo by Hamit Huseyin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., arrive as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first public hearing, June 9, 2022. (Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)
Supporters hold a banner with the picture of Muqtada al-Sadr in a spontaneous rally after preliminary results of the Iraqi 2018 elections were announced showing Muqtada al-Sadr has become the unexpected frontrunner. (Photo: H. Mizban/AP)
