The Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed S. Al-Sudani (middle) during his meeting with top security officials, Dec. 21, 2022. (Photo: Prime Minister media office)
A joint military exercise between forces of the US-led coalition against the IS group and members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province (Photo: AFP)
The bodies of Iraq's federal police members who were killed in suspected IS attack, are repatriated from Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq, Dec. 18, 2022. (Photo: Marwan Ibrahimi/AFP)
Abdul Ameer Yarallah, Iraqi Army Chief of Staff, (left) arriving in Kirkuk province following deadly ISIS attack on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi Defense Ministry)
The bodies of Iraq's federal police members who were killed in suspected IS attack, are repatriated from Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq, Dec. 18, 2022. (Photo: Marwan Ibrahim/AFP)
Refugees from Syria arrive on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos aboard an inflatable dinghy across the Aegean Sea from Turkey, Sept. 7, 2015. (Photo: Angelos Tzortinis/AFP)
A bomb exploded in a roadside vehicle as a police minibus passed on a highway in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir (Photo: Burhan Ozbilici/AP)
Iraqi forces search the area in Tarmiyah north of Baghdad following clashes with Islamic State group fighters, February 20, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
Iraqi forces search the area in Tarmiyah, 35 kilometres (20 miles) north of Baghdad following clashes with Islamic State group fighters, Feb. 20, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
