President Masoud Barzani (right), the leader of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), during his meeting with Matthew W. McFarlane, commander of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, Jan. 30, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters
A picture taken on August 17, 2015 shows buildings that were damaged during fighting between Kurdish Peshmerga forces and ISIS militants in the town of Sinjar. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with Kuwaiti Consul General to Kurdistan Region Othman Dawoud Al-Dawoud, Jan. 29, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
'Joseph the Blind', a family-run herbal shop in Turkey's mostly Kurdish Diyarbakir, has survived more than a century of political turmoil (Photo: ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP)