Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw discards expired medicine in a special trash bin in Erbil amid a KRG campaign for the safe disposal of drugs, August 21, 2023. (Photo: Erbil Governorate)
KDP President Masoud Barzani speaking during a townhall meeting with families of martyrs, Peshmerga veterans and recipients of Barzani Medal, August 21, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
KRG Minister of Interior Reber Ahmed met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji and UN Iraq Envoy Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Aug. 20, 2023 (Photo: Reber Ahmad/Twitter)
Major General Matthew McFarlane, Commander, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) talks to reporters, Aug. 20, 2023 (Photo: Kurdistan 24).
Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw (center) speaking during a joint presser with Governor of West Azerbaijan Mohammad Sadeq Motamdian in Erbil, Aug. 20, 2023. (Photo: Erbil Governorate)
Shiite Muslims gather in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala, to mark 40 days after the holy day of Ashura commemorating the seventh century killing of Imam Hussein (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP)
A view of the ice caps of the Sakran Mountains in the Choman District, whose ice has melted and diminished in size over the past few decades. (Photo: AP)
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani (right) greeted by his party's members in Duhok province's Amedi district, Aug. 19, 2023. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan 24)