Iraqi army soldiers stand guard at a road during fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants southeast of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. (Photo: AP)
Iraqi security forces conduct a search operation in Taramiyah, 50 kilometers ( 31 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. (Photo: AP/Hadi Mizban)
Minister of Peshmerga Affairs, Shorsh Ismail (R), Colonel Lars Persikowsk, the Commander-in-Chief of the German Forces (L). (Photo: KRG Ministery of Peshmerga)
Fuad Hussein, Chairman of the Council and Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq (right), walking alongside Taif Sami, Iraqi Minister of Finance in Erbil, Sept. 7, 2024. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
