Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi (right) announced that security forces had killed the Islamic State's "governor" or Iraq in a social media post on Thursday. (Photo: Social media/Archive)
The people of Goran village in Iran’s Urmia province bury the bodies of five couriers who were killed in an avalanche in Turkey, Jan. 26th, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Sa’da Faysal al-Hermas, one of two female officials from Syria’s Hasakah province that were abducted and killed by suspected Islamic State militants on Saturday. (Photo: Hawar News Agency)
A member of the Anti-Narcotics Directorate of the autonomous Kurdistan Region shows narcotic pills that were found hidden inside the shoes of an Iranian smuggler. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
A previous coalition airstrike targets the Islamic State at Qarachokh Mountain, a rural area outside the disputed district of Makhmour. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Damage is seen at the house of Iraqi activist Hisham al-Shammari following the detonation of an explosive device placed there by unknown men in the southern city of Nasiriyah, Jan. 19, 2021. (Photo: Social Media)