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)
A US soldier stands by a Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) during a patrol in the countryside near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province. Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo: Delil Souleiman / AFP)
A photo showing white smoke billowing from a mountainous areas near Mawat of the Kurdistan Region's Sulaimani province, August 22, 2022. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan 24)