A handout picture, released by Bahrain's official news agency on Nov. 19, 2021, shows Bahrain's Minister for Defense Affairs Abdulla bin Hasan Al-Nuaimi receiving the U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Manama (Photo: AFP)
Shorish Ismail, the recently returned KRG's Minister of Peshmerga Affairs (right), during his meeting with Coalition Commander General Michael Ecker. (Photo: Ministry of Peshmerga)
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, visited U.S. 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, April 16, 2023 (U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs)
Two Kurdish Peshmerga target a suspected ISIS hideout on Mount Qarachogh, Makhmour district in southwest Erbil, May 15, 2022. (Photo: Sirwan Barzani/Twitter)