Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (left) posing for a picture with her counterpart Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani, Dec. 23, 2022. (Photo: Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani's office)
Combined photo of Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan 24)
Iraqi security forces stand guard outside a mountain tourist spot which was hit with artillery bombardment in the Zakho district village of Parakh in the north of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, July 22, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with Ni Ruchi, the outgoing Consul General of China to Erbil, Dec. 18, 2022. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with Turkish Consul General to Erbil Mehmet Mevlut Yakut, Dec. 18, 2022. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
Displaced Yazidi women sit in their tent at the Chamishko camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the city of Zakho in the north of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on May 5, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)