An ISIS hideout, made from metal bed frames and meshes, and built inside an irrigation canal, is discovered by Iraqi troops. (Photo: The Guardian / Ghaith Abdul-Ahad)
White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk meeting with Iraqi National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji, Dec. 13, 2021. (Photo: Facebook)
A member of security forces tries to protect himself amid a clash with demonstrators during an anti-government protest in Baghdad, Iraq May 25, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi (center) speaks with Lheban village residents, who recently fended off an ISIS attack, Dec. 8, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi Government)
an aerial view of a sweeper using a metal-detector to search for landmines and unexploded ordnances near the village of Hassan-Jalad, north of Iraq's northern city of Mosul, Nov. 29, 2021. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)