Pope Francis (right) tours ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (al-Tahira-l-Kubra), in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, March 7, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)
Combined photos of Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) and newly elected president of International Union of Islamic Scholars. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
Pope Francis holds a figurine of baby Jesus during the Christmas Eve mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Dec. 24, 2023. (Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Kaka'i religious figure Said Raheem Said Azim, Dec. 13, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Pope Francis (right) tours ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (al-Tahira-l-Kubra), in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, March 7, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)
Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, Sept. 22, 2023. (Photo: Leonardo Munoz/AFP
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (left) shaking hands with Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako in Erbil, Sept. 13, 2023. (Photo: Alexander Schallenberg/X)