KRG Minister of Peshmerga Affairs Shorish Ismael (right) during his meeting with US Consul General to Erbil Mark Stroh, Jan. 11, 2024. (Photo: US Consulate General Erbil/X platform)
US soldiers patrol an area on the outskirts of Rumaylan in Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province on December 11, 2023 (Photo: AFP/Delil Souleman)
Members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi stand guard at the entrance of their headquarters in Baghdad following a reported strike, Jan. 4, 2024. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard along a road as others deploy to impose a curfew in the town of al-Busayrah in Syria's northeastern Deir ez-Zor province on September 4, 2023 (Photo: Delil Souleman/AFP)
