Nabaz Chawshin (right) dancing at his cafe in Ta'jil, a popular neighborhood of the Kurdistan Region's capital, March 26, 2023. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Iraqi Kurds holding torches walk up a mountain during a procession to celebrate their Nowruz New Year festival in Akre, the country's northern autonomous Kurdish region, on March 20, 2023 (Photo: Safin HAMED/AFP)
A top delegation from the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs (right) during their meeting with the head of the coalition advisors and senior security support team at the US Consulate in Erbil, March 28, 2023. (Photo: The Ministry of Peshmerga)
Hundreds of Kurdish people lit torches and walked up Mount Kale in celebration of the Kurdish new year in Akre, known as the capital of Newroz, on Sunday evening (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
The Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with the German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. (Photo: The presidency of the Kurdistan Region)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with German Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock in Erbil, March 8, 2023. (Photo: KRG)