Alia Abdel-Razak, a woman deprived of crucial civil status documents, is pictured with 3 of her children in her home in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, Dec. 11, 2022. (Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP)
Iraqi President Latif Rasheed (first from right) reviewing the reconstruction process of war-torn Iraqi northern city of Mosul, Dec. 28, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi presidency)
Participants gather to pay tribute to the victims of a shooting, in front of the "Centre democratique du Kurdistan" (Kurdistan democratic centre) in Paris, Dec. 24, 2022. (Photo: Julie Sebadelha/AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia' Al-Sudani (right) during his meeting with Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) Governor Mustafa Al Kattab, Dec. 27, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister's Office)
An aerial view of a worker mowing the turf of the pitch at the New Minaa Olympic Stadium, built to accomodate 30,000 spectators, in Iraq's southern city of Basra, Dec. 26, 2022. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)
President Emmanuel Macron, Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein and his father King Abdullah II, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani, along with other dignitaries and officials attending Baghdad II in Jordan, Dec. 20, 2022. (Photo: Khalil
The Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed S. Al-Sudani (middle) during his meeting with top security officials, Dec. 21, 2022. (Photo: Prime Minister media office)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia' Al-Sudani (right) during his meeting with EU chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, Dec. 21, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister Office)
French President Emmanuel Macron meets Jordan's King Abdullah II (L) during the "Baghdad I" summit in the Iraqi capital on August 28, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
(Front L to R) French President Emmanuel Macron, Iraq's Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani, Jordan's King Abdullah, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein, Dec. 20, 2022. (Photo: Khalil Mazraawi/AFP)