Muslim pilgrims perform prayers at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca ahead of the Hajj pilgrimage, June 19, 2023. (Photo: Abdel Ghani Bashir/AFP)
Kurdistan Region pilgrims gathered in Iraqi southern Karbala province before departing to Saudi Arabia, June 10, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan Region General Directorate of Hajj and Umrah)
Khaleed Albert, director of Christian affairs at the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs of the KRG, speaking to Kurdistan 24, May 16, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) and Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq and the world. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan 24)