DPM and Planning Minister Mohammed Ali Tamim, (C), chairs a joint meeting between Iraq’s federal government and the KRG to discuss progress on key shared issues, August 19, 2025. (Photo: Iraqi Plan. Min. Media)
Mohamed al-Hassan, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq and head of UNAMI, speaking to a press conference in Baghdad, August 19, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
- This aerial view shows the Khasfa site near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, where authorities have begun excavating a mass grave believed to contain thousands of victims of IS on August 17, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
U.S. Army soldiers, carry their bags to waiting trucks after being one of the last American combat units to exit from Iraq on December 15, 2011. (Photo: AP)