Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) speaks during a joint press conference with Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Baghdad, Aug. 22, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani (top middle) during his meeting with United Kingdom Minister of State for Security Affairs Tom Tugendhat, Aug. 21, 2023. (Photo: INA)
A French soldier from the Wagram Task Force checks a CAESAR, a French self-propelled 155 mm howitzer, north of Mosul, Iraq, July 13, 2017. (Photo: Fadel Senna/AFP)
Aftermath of Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad, where the UN envoy to Iraq was killed along with more than 20 other UN staffers, Aug. 19, 2003. (Photo: UNAMI)
Iraqi forces search the area in Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, following clashes with Islamic State group fighters, Feb. 20, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
An aerial picture shows mourners gathering around coffins during a mass funeral for Yazidi victims of ISIS atrocities in the village of Kojo in Sinjar District, Feb. 6, 2021. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Fuad Hussein (right) during his meeting with US Ambassador to Iraq Alina L. Romanowski, Aug. 14, 2023. (Photo: INA)
A picture shows the receding waterline of the Habbaniyah lake affected by severe drought in Iraq's Anbar province, August 11, 2023. (Photo: Murtadha Ridha/AFP)
