A picture taken on August 17, 2015 shows buildings that were damaged during fighting between Kurdish Peshmerga forces and ISIS militants in the town of Sinjar. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with Kuwaiti Consul General to Kurdistan Region Othman Dawoud Al-Dawoud, Jan. 29, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
'Joseph the Blind', a family-run herbal shop in Turkey's mostly Kurdish Diyarbakir, has survived more than a century of political turmoil (Photo: ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani (right), during his meeting with Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the UNESCO, Jan. 27, 2023. (Photo: Media Office of Iraqi Prime Minister)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) on Thursday talked by phone with White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Brett McGurk (left) (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with the United Kingdom's newly inaugurated Consul General Rosy Cave, Jan. 26, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masorur Barzani (right) during his meeting with German Minister of State Tobias Lindner in Erbil, Jan. 26, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Kurdistan Region, (right) during his meeting with Tobias Lindener, German Minister of State, Jan. 25, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Kurdistan Region, (right) during his meeting with UK Consul General in the Kurdistan Region Rosy Cave, Jan. 25, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency))