An engineer walks in the grounds of the Khurmala oilfield, 10Km south of Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region, July 18, 2009. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Abdul Hakim Bashar, a member of the KNC delegation, in Erbil, Sept. 23, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani arrives address the 78th United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City, Sept. 22, 2023. (Photo: Bryan R. Smith/AFP)
KRG Foreign Relations head Safeen Dizayee (second from right) during his meeting with Brett McGurk, White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, Sept. 21, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Safeen Dizayee, the head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), speaking to Kurdistan 24, Sept. 21, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Commander General of the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve Major General Joel Vowell, Sept. 21, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Shifa Barzani, in his capacity as the General Supervisor of the Kurdistan Diaspora Confederation, spoke at an event in the Netherlands, Sept 17, 2023 (Photo: Dindar Kocer)