he head of the restoration works said the team were surprised to discover eight murals with inscriptions, decorative drawings and writings (Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqi MPs held a vote of confidence in the new government of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Thursday, in a major move following months of political infighting that paralysed life in the war-ravaged oil-rich country (Photo: IRAQI
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering a speech at the inauguration of Lanaz Refinery in Erbil, Oct. 26, 2022. (Photo: Islam Hero/Kurdistan 24)
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (L), a candidate for Iraq's prime minister position, speaking to an unidentified official in the capital Baghdad, Oct. 13, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi parliament/ Ho / AFP)
A demonstrator draped in the Iraqi national flag stands before security forces near al-Jumhuriya (Republic) bridge leading to the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone on Oct. 25, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Nour Zuhair Jassem, an Iraqi businessman suspected of being a culprit in the unprecedent theft of $2.5bn, is pictured behind jail bars, Oct. 24, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi Social media networks)
A view of a dried up body of a dead fish on drying earth in the Chibayesh marshland in Iraq's southern Ahwar area, June 20, 2021. (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Shia' Al-Sudani (right) during his meeting with the Pakistani Ambassador to Iraq Ahmed Amjad Ali, Oct. 24, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister's Media Office)
A woman accompanies a child toward a plane before being repatriated to Russia, at the airport of the city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, Oct. 20, 2022. (Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP)
