Iraqi forces search the area in Tarmiyah, 35 kilometers (20 miles) north of Baghdad following clashes with Islamic State group fighters, Feb. 20, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
Soldiers from the international coalition against the ISIS clear debris from Ain al-Asad Airbase in the west of Iraq, Jan. 13, 2020. (Photo: Ayman Henna/AFP)
A military expert holding a part of one of two armed drones the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq said it shot down while targeting a compound hosting coalition, Jan. 3, 2022. (Photo: AFP Photo/Handout/Coalition)
Members of the Iraqi Hashed al-Shaabi take part in a commemoration ceremony held to mark the second anniversary of the killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis, Jan. 2, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
Iraqi and Turkish soldiers stand next to tanks carrying Turkish and Iraqi flags during a joint military exercise near the Turkish-Iraqi border at Silopi district in Sirnak, September 26, 2017. (Photo: AFP)
A demonstrator uses lipstick to cross out the mask of another protester as they attend a rally for International Women's Day in Iraq's southern city of Basra, March 8, 2021. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)
