Lt. Gen. Issa Ozeir, the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Peshmerga, shaking hands with the Iraqi Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Yarallah in the disputed district of Makhmour, Erbil, July 5, 2022. (Photo: Ministry of Peshmerga)
Iraqi security forces sweeping the areas between southwest Kirkuk and Nineveh Plains in an operation against ISIS, August 27, 2022. (Photo: Security Media Cell)
Iraqi and Turkish soldiers stand next to tanks carrying Turkish and Iraqi flags during a joint military exercise near the Turkish-Iraqi border at Silopi district in Sirnak, September 26, 2017. (Photo: AFP)