Iraqi forces search an area in Tarmiyah, 35 km (20 miles) north of Baghdad, following clashes with ISIS fighters, Feb. 20, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
A previous agreement between Baghdad and Erbil to coordinate their military forces in Iraq's disputed territories was never implemented. (Photo: Archive)
A previous agreement that aimed at achieving similar objectives, including the formation of joint operations centers, did not go into effect. (Photo: Archive)
Iraqi protesters burn tyres in front of the Karbala governorate headquarters in the central city of Karbala, following the assassination Ihab al-Wazni, May 9, 2021. (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf / AFP)
A bedouin boy holds the lambs of Abu Mari, a livestock farmer who raises camels, goats, and sheep, in the village of Ghezlaniah, in the countryside of the capital Damascus, April 20, 2021. (Photo: Louai Beshara / AFP)
Iraqi forces search an area in Tarmiyah, 35 km north of Baghdad, following clashes with ISIS fighters, February 20, 2021 (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP)