German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center in red, addresses the Bundestag ahead of a European Union summit in Berlin, Germany, June 18, 2020. (Photo: Markus Schreiber / AP)
Abdul Hakim Bashar, vice-president of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, September 22, New York (Photo: Abdul Hakim Bashar)
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in New York for the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, met with President Barham Salih of Iraq at the Turkevi Center. (Photo: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani gives a speech at the newly-completed US Consulate building in Erbil, Sept. 22, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
UK Consul General David Hunt speaks at the launching ceremony of UK-KRI Judicial Development Program in Sulaimani province, Sept. 22, 2021. (Photo: UK Consulate General)
This picture taken on Sept. 20, 2021, shows a vehicle destroyed by what is believed to be a drone strike, on the northeastern outskirts of Syria's rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib (Photo: AFP)
US President Joe Biden (R) meets Iraq President Barham Salih on the sidelines of the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York, United States, Sept. 21, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi Presidency)
In this file photo, the then-co-chair of the HDP Selahattin Demirtaş delivers a speech in Istanbul during a rally, Istanbul, Turkey, June 5, 2016. (Photo: AFP)
