US military vehicles move along a road in a convoy transporting ISIS detainees being transferred to Iraq from Syria, on the outskirts of Qahtaniyah in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province on Feb. 7, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Nouri al-Maliki (right), head of the State of Law Coalition, during his meeting with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Taylor, Feb. 9, 2026. (Photo: INA)
Hareem Kamal Agha, head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK) faction at the Iraqi parliament, speaking to Kurdistan24, Feb. 9, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
Closed shops in Mosul’s city center, as traders and shop owners shut down markets in protest against the federal government’s increase in customs tariffs, Feb. 9, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
Traders and business owners protest new customs tariffs in Baghdad as Iraqi anti-riot police form a security line to contain demonstrators, Feb. 8, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
