Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (L) and Qatari Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani during a meeting in Doha on Oct. 16, 2021. (Photo: President Barzani's Office)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the Russian Energy Week International Forum in Moscow on October 13, 2021. (Photo: Sergei GUNEYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP)
The Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Iraq, Viola von Cramon, holds a press conference in Baghdad's Green Zone, Oct. 12, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a bilateral meeting with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the State Department in Washington, October 13, 2021. (Photo: Andrew Harnik / POOL / AFP)
According to preliminary results, the biggest winner of Sunday's election was the movement of Shiite cleric and political maverick Muqtada al-Sadr. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye, AFP)
