An engineer walks in the grounds of the Khurmala oilfield, 10Km south of Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region, July 18, 2009. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Some of the landmines defused by the Mine Action Agency in cooperation with the Slovenia-based Enhancing Human Security (ITF). (Photo: KRG Mine Action Agency)
KRG acting Minister of Natural Resources Kamal Mohammed (right) during his meeting with US Consul General Mark Stroh, Nov. 7, 2023. (Photo: KRG Ministry of Natural Resources)
Kurdish voters register before voting in early parliamentary elections at a polling station in Kurdistan Region's Erbil, Oct. 10, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/APF)
US soldiers salute as the United States flag is folded at the conclusion of a reenlistment ceremony at Erbil Air Base in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, May 22, 2020. (Photro: Spc. Angel Ruszkiewicz/US Army)
Masrour Barzani, the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, delivering a speech at the graduation ceremony of Duhok University, Nov. 6, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)