Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani (right) during his meeting with the White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, Brett McGurk, Jan. 16, 2023. (Photo: the Media Office of the Iraqi Prime Minister)
This picture shows an effigy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dangling by his legs from a rope near the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden (Photo: Swedish solidarity committee for Rojava)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (center) speaking during the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) weekly ministerial meeting in Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil, Jan. 15, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
The then US presidential envoy to the coalition against ISIS, Brett McGurk, speaking during a press conference in US Embassy in Baghdad, June 7, 2017. (Photo: AP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani arrives at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos, Switzerland, May 22, 2022 (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with commander of the US-led coalition against ISIS, Maj. Gen. Matthew W. McFarlanem, in Erbil, Jan. 15, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
A street money exchanger counts banknotes at al-Kifah stock market in Baghdad, as the value of Iraqi dinar against US dollar drops further, Dec. 27, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
An officer stands by as the flags for (LtoR) Germany, Iraq and Europe fly during an official welcome ceremony for Iraq's Prime Minister at the Chancellery in Berlin. Jan. 13, 2023. (Photo: Tobias Schwarz/AFP)