Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (second from left) reading prayers at Sheikhi Cholli's tomb in Erbil during celebrations marking Islam's Prophet Mohammad, Oct. 18, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (R) and his holiness Mar Awa Royel, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East ahead of a meeting in Erbil on Oct. 16, 2021. (Photo: PM's Office)
KRG PM Masrour Barzani is pictured giving a speech at the ceremony of announcing Soran as an autonomous administration, Sept. 14, 2021. (Photo: Erbil Governorate/Faceook)
Afghans, from the Hazara ethnic minority studying at the prestigious "hawza" seminary that trains Shiite clergy, pray in their room in the holy city of Najaf, Aug. 29, 2021. (Photo: Ali Najafi/AFP)