Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani meets Mohamed al-Halbousi, who was re-elected as Iraq's parliamentary speaker for a second term on Jan. 09, 2022. (Photo: Archive)
A boy looks at portraits displayed on a fence by the Social Association of Afghan Justice Seekers (SAAJS) of Afghan nationals who died in previous wars in Afghanistan, in Kabul on January 9, 2022. (Photo: Mohd RASFAN / AFP)
Sadrists' parliament members coming to the first session of the Iraqi parliament wearing white fabric used to bury the dead, Jan. 9, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
A Syrian woman joins a demonstration in the rebel-held town of Azaz by families desperate for information on the fate of loved ones missing in government jails. (Photo: Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Representative in Washington, Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, (R) with Robert Palladino, the US Consul General in Erbil. (Photo: KRG)