The Minister of Justice of the Netherlands Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius speaks to reporters at Erbil Citadel, May 18, 2022. (Photo: Screengrab/Kurdistan 24)
The Minister of Justice of the Netherlands Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (center) walks alongside her Kurdish counterpart Firsat Ahmed (right) at Erbil International Airport, May 18, 2022. (Photo: Screengrab/Kurdistan 24)
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, briefing the United Nations Security Council members on Iraq, May 17, 2022. (Photo: UN)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace, Ankara, May 16, 2022. Erdogan has thrown a spanner in the works of Sweden and Finland's historic decisions to seek NATO membership (Photo: Burhan Ozbilici/AP)
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)