Prime Minister Masrour Barzani meeting Eric Chevallier, the French ambassador to Iraq, on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Office).
A pro-independence rally in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan Region ahead of the referendum vote, Sept. 17, 2017. (Photo: Safin Hamed / AFP)
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)