Politics
An Ukrainian Military Forces serviceman walks on a trench on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists near Luganske village, in Donetsk region on January 11, 2022. (Photo: ANATOLII STEPANOV / AFP)
Mohamed al-Halbousi, leader of the Progress (Taqaddum) party. (Photo: AFP)
The Supreme Judicial Council building in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Dec. 27, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
An Iranian policeman prepares to execute a death sentence in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 2, 2007. (Photo: Archive)
President Masoud Barzani during a press conference. (Photo: Khalid Mohammed/AP)
KDP Political Bureau Member, Hoshyar Zebari. (Photo: Archive)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani speaks during a press conference. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
A security guard watches displaced Syrians leaving al-Hol camp on Jan. 19, 2021. (Photo: Internal Security Forces)
Kurdistan Regional Government’s Council of Ministers during the meeting, Jan. 12, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdish opposition leader Selahattin Demirtas has been imprisoned by the Turkish government since 2016. (Photo: AFP)
Iraqi lawmakers attend the inaugural session of parliament (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister’s Press Office/AFP)
The Iranian flag is flown outside the building housing the reactor of the Bushehr nuclear power plant. (Photo: AFP/Berhouz Mehr)
Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist movement. (Photo: Muqtada al-Sadr Twitter account)
A female judge swears in in front of Judge Abduljabar Aziz Hassan, the head of Judicial Council of Kurdistan, Jan. 11, 2022. (Photo: Judicial Council of Kurdistan/Facebook)
Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin is pictured during a judicial trial of the Bathist leaders, including former dictator Saddam Hussein, 2006. (Photo: AP)
European Parliament President David Sassoli attending a plenary session at the European Parliament, July 7, 2021. (Photo: Patrick Hertzog /Pool/ AFP)