Female Peshmerga officers roll through mud during their graduation ceremony at a military camp in the town of Soran in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, February 12, 2020. (Photo: AFP)
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) holds up the group’s flag at the iconic Al-Naim square in Raqqa, Syria, during the celebration of Raqqa’s liberation, Oct. 17, 2017. (Bulent Kilic, AFP/Getty Images).
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi (center) speaks with Lheban village residents, who recently fended off an ISIS attack, Dec. 8, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi Government)
The Iraqi military and the US-led Coalition against ISIS hold a meeting in Baghdad as part of the Military Technical Talks on Dec. 9, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi government)
an aerial view of a sweeper using a metal-detector to search for landmines and unexploded ordnances near the village of Hassan-Jalad, north of Iraq's northern city of Mosul, Nov. 29, 2021. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
Iraq's PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi gets briefed by Sirwan Barzani, a top Peshmerga commander, on the Makhmour-Gwer frontline, Dec. 8, 2021. (Photo: Handout/Iraqi Government)
