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)
1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Transfer Of Authority Ceremony to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, May 27, 2022, at Erbil Air Base (Photo: Cpl. Tommy Spitzer/CJTF-OIR)
PM Masrour Barzani met with the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, Aug. 18, 2023 (Photo: PM office).
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Jean-Christophe, Charge d'Affaires of the French Embassy in Iraq, Aug. 16, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
