Jalil Adnan Khalaf, the head of Iraq's electoral commission, reads official results of the national parliamentary vote held in October, Nov. 30, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Special Representative of the President of Russia for the Middle East. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
In this file photo taken on November 19, 2021, Iranians gather during a protest to voice their anger after their province's lifeblood river dried up due to drought and diversion, in the central city of Isfahan. (Photo: Fatmeh Nasr / ISNA /
Dindar Zebari, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)’s Coordinator for International Advocacy, in a press conference in Erbil, Nov. 29, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
A Syrian woman carries a container of water provided by the UNICEF in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah, on July 8 2021, after disruption in water supply from the Allouk station. (AFP photo)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (Right) welcomes Italian Ambassador to Iraq Bruno Antonio Pasquino to his Erbil office, Nov. 28, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
Masoud Barzani, President of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), in meeting with the United Nations Secretary General Special Representative (SRSG) Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert in Erbil, Nov. 27, 2021. (Photo: KDP)