Fighters affiliated with the third corps of the Turkish-backed "Syrian National Army" man a turret at a position near Azaz in the rebel-held north of the Aleppo province, Nov. 29, 2022. (Photo: Aaref Watad/AFP)
A Kurdish flag is pictured amid the destruction caused by a reported Iranian rocket attack near town city of Altun Kupri (Perdi), north of Kirkuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Nov. 23, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
President Nechirvan Barzani and other top Kurdish officials taking part in 92nd Saudi national day in Erbil, Sept. 23, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
A police officer stands guard outside the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Albania's Tirana on September 7, 2022. (Photo: Genth Shkullaku/AFP)
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (right) sitting next to Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein Marrakesh, Kingdom of Morocco, May 11, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi Foreign Ministry)