KDP President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with the head of UNAMI Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert in Erbil, Jan. 25, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
A man stands on the balcony of a stone building in the Kurdish town of Akre, 500 kilometres north of Iraq's capital Baghdad, Sept. 14, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary A. DiCarlo (center) is shaking hands with head of KRG DFR in Erbil, Jan. 24, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
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)