The Kurdistan Region’s senior officials have repeatedly said that ISIS remains a serious threat to the disputed areas, their residents, and vital facilities. (Photo: Archive)
A member of the US Air Force near a Patriot missile battery at Prince Sultan air base in Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia, 2020. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
A previous agreement that aimed at achieving similar objectives in Iraq's disputed territories, including the formation of joint operations centers, was never implemented. (Photo: Archive)
Military vehicles belonging to the Peshmerga forces are pictured during the joint operations with their Iraqi counterparts in Kifri district, June 6, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Smoke rises from an alleged PKK vehicle in which the mayor of the Kurdistan Region's district of Qaladza said four of the group's fighters were killed by Turkish bombradment, June 13, 2021. (Photo: Social media)
Iraqi forces on June 11, 2021 said they seized rockets and launchpads ready to fire at the Balad airbase, north of Baghdad. (Photo: Iraq Security Media Cell)
A member of the Iraqi security forces inspects the damage in the capital Baghdad after a volley of rockets slammed into the Iraqi capital, November 18, 2020. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)