Hundreds of people carrying fiery torches climb up the Kale mountaintop, located in Akre, a town in Kurdistan Region's Duhok province popularly referred to as the capital of Newroz, the Kurdish New Year. (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg)
Spokesperson for the Preparatory Committee for the Syrian National Dialogue Conference, Hassan Al-Daghim, in an interview with Kurdistan 24 in Damascus, Feb. 16, 2025.(Photo: Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani speaking at the presser on the sidelines on Munich Security Conference, Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (R) and Tobias Lindner (L), the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa attending a meeting with officials and local leaders in the northwestern city of Idlib on Feb. 15, 2025. (Photo: AFP)