France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he addresses the audience during a press conference as part of a European Council meeting at the European headquarters in Brussels, Feb. 1, 2024. (Ludovic Marin/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) laying a wreath at martyrs' monument in Erbil to pay tribute to the victims of the Feb. 1, 2004 bombings in Erbil, Feb. 1, 2024. (Photo: Islam Hero/Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right), during his meeting with Espen Lindbæck, the Norwegian Ambassador to Iraq and Jordan, Jan. 31, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with the newly inaugurated Greek envoy to Erbil Nikolaos Stergioulas, Jan. 31, 2024. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
The inaugural U.S.-Kurdish joint Peshmerga Executive Steering Committee on Tuesday met to discuss the latest steps in Peshmerga reform (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency).
A Kurdish flag is pictured amid the destruction caused by a reported Iranian rocket attack near town city of Altun Kupri (Pirde), north of Kirkuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region, Nov. 23, 2022. (Photo: AFP)