Gold adornments are on display at a goldsmith's shop in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Gold market prices has been stable over the past three years due to improved security in Baghdad. (Photo: AP/Hadi Mizban)
This aerial view taken on June 13, 2021, shows human remains, reportedly of victims of the 2014 Badush prison massacre committed by the Islamic State (IS) group. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
Iraqis sit at a popular cafe overlooking the old city of Mosul on September 2, 2024, seven years after the Islamist State (IS) group was ousted from the northern Iraqi city. (Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr fill the parliament building during a sit-in protest, in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 4, 2022. (Photo: AP/Anmar Khalil)
Army soldiers march under the Victory Arch during the Army Day celebrations in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. The Iraqi Army was activated on Jan. 6, 1921, while under British rule. (Photo: AP/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi army soldiers stand guard at a road during fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants southeast of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. (Photo: AP)
Iraqi security forces conduct a search operation in Taramiyah, 50 kilometers ( 31 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. (Photo: AP/Hadi Mizban)