Iraqi forces search the area in Tarmiyah, 35 kilometres (20 miles) north of Baghdad, following clashes with Islamic State group fighters, February 20, 2021 (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP)
President Masoud Barzani of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (third from left) during his meeting with French, German ambassadors to Iraq, Jan. 22, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Kurdistan Region (left) during his meeting with Alina L. Romanowski, United States Ambassador to Iraq, Jan. 21, 2023. (Photo: The Presidency of the Kurdistan Region)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani arrives at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos, Switzerland, May 22, 2022 (Photo: KRG)
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) and US Special Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security, Amos Hochstein (Photo: designed by Kurdistan 24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani speaking to Kurdish reporters on the fourth day of World Economic Forum in Davos, Jan. 19, 2023. (Photo: Screengrab/Kurdistan 24)
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media during a press conference at the Justice Precinct in Christchurch, March 16, 2019. (Photo: Marty Mellvile/AFP)