Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi attends a parade by members of the Iranian-backed Hashed al-Shaabi forces celebrating the 7th anniversary of their founding in Diyala province, June 26, 2021. (Photo: AFP Photo / HO/ Hashed al-Shaabi
Mourners gather around as a coffin is buried a coffin during a a mass funeral for Yezidi (Ezidi) victims of ISIS in the disputed Iraqi district of Sinjar (Shingal), Feb. 6, 2021. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
Lt. Gen. Issa Ozeir, the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Peshmerga, shaking hands with the Iraqi Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Yarallah in the disputed district of Makhmour, Erbil, July 5, 2022. (Photo: Ministry of Peshmerga)
President Joe Biden, right, speaks as Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, left, listens during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 26, 2021. (Photo: Susan Walsh/AP)
Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr gather outside the Government Headquarters in the capital Baghdad's Green Zone, August 29, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)