Peshmerga soldiers drive Humvees and a MaxxPro mine resistant, ambush-protected vehicle in a convoy as part of driver’s training provided by German soldiers near Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Feb. 8, 2017. (Photo: US Army/Sgt. Josephine Carlson)
Foreign diplomats in Erbil pose for a group photo on a street named Safe Heaven, referring to the security and stability no fly zone brought to the Kurdish people, April 5, 2021. (Photo: Rebaz Siyan / Kurdistan 24)
Street name sign named after former British prime minister Sir John Major for his pivotal role in advocating no fly zone for the Kurds in Iraq in 1991, April 5, 2021. (Photo: Samuel Nicholls / Social media)
US Lieutenant General John M. Shalikashvili, Commander, Joint Task Force, greets Kurdish civilians at Iskiveren, June 6, 1991 as part of Operation Provide Comfort. (Photo: National Museum of the US Navy)
An aerial picture shows mourners gathered around coffins during a mass funeral for Yezidi victims of the Islamic State group in the village of Kojo in Sinjar district, Feb. 6, 2021. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
Jwan Rozhbayani, Kurdish parliament member, and head of the Disputed Territories committee in an interview with Kurdistan 24, April 1, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)