Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering a brief speech welcoming the diplomatic community and other officials for attending the Newroz celebration, March 18, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani (third from the right) during his meeting with diplomats and representatives of international organizations, March 18, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
A number of men hold lit torches as they climb on a mountain in the Kurdistan Region Akre town on the eve of Kurdish New Year Newroz, March 20, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters pose for a photo in Baghouz, Syria, after the SDF declared the area free of Islamic State militants. (Photo: Maya Alleruzzo/ AP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about US policy towards China during an event hosted by the Asia Society Policy Institute at George Washington University in Washington, DC, on May 26, 2022 (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
UNAMI head Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert on Wednesday spoke at the 7th Sulaimani Forum at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) (Photo: UNAMI)