Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (Right) meets with former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Erbil, Dec. 22, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Hoshyar Zebari, a high-level KDP official, (right) greets Nouri al-Maliki, the State of Law Secretary General and leader of Coordination Framework in Erbil, Dec. 22, 2021. (Photo: Erbil Governorate)
Iranian ambassador Hassan Eyrlou attends a vigil in Sanaa to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, Jan. 2, 2021. (Photo: Mohammed Huwais/AFP)
Minister of Communication Arkan Al-Shaibani holding a press conference in Baghdad to brief reporters on the Iraqi Cabinet's meeting, Dec. 21, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi Government Twitter account)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjed, Dec. 21, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Imad Ahmed (right), top PUK official, shakes hand with Fazil Mirani, a senior KDP official, in Sulaimani, Dec. 19, 2021. (Photo: Screengrab/Kurdistan 24)
An ISIS hideout, made from metal bed frames and meshes, and built inside an irrigation canal, is discovered by Iraqi troops. (Photo: The Guardian / Ghaith Abdul-Ahad)
