A man walks his dog past electoral posters for Israeli Prime Minister and candidate Benjamin Netanyahu in the Arab city of Kfar Qassem in central Israel, on March 22, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
Brett McGurk (left), US National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Dana Stroul participate in a webinar. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right), receives Mohammed al-Halbousi, Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, May 3, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
In this May 12, 2014 file photo, campaign posters for the upcoming presidential election adorn a street in Damascus, Syria. The banner reads, “Together with Bashar Assad.” (Photo: AP/File)
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif looks on during his meeting with his Iraqi counterpart in Iraq's capital Baghdad, April 26, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP)
People walk at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp which holds suspected relatives of Islamic State (IS) group fighters, in Hasakeh governorate of northeastern Syria, March 3, 2021. (Photo: Delil Souleiman / AFP)
Matthew Zais, the Vice President of Government Affairs for the HKN Energy Company, during an interview with Kurdistan 24, April 27, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Masrour Barzani (Right), Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government, with Barham Salih, the President of the Republic of Iraq, April 29, 2021. (Photo: KRG)