Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Barzani (center) poses for a photo in Erbil alongside a visiting delegation of the Turkish opposition group CHP, Sept. 5, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
Rewaz Faiaq, Kurdistan Parliament speaker (center) is pictured during a sit down with the Jordanian parliamentary delegation after arriving to Erbil International Airport, Sept. 5, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan Parliament)
Joey Hood, US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, during an interview with Kurdistan 24 in Washington D.C. on September 2, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Mask-clad students listen to their instructor on the first day of the new school year in the Kurdistan Region amid the coronavirus pandemic, Sept. 27, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Safen Hamid)