Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Maj. Gen. Matthew McFarlane, the commander of the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), in Erbil, Sept. 21, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
On Sept 21, 2022, US Assistant Secretary of Defense Celeste Wallander and Minister of Peshmerga Affairs Shoresh Ismail Abdulla signed a renewed MOU (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left center) awarding a 12th-grade student a certificate of excellence for scoring high marks in her baccalaureate examinations, Sept. 21, 2022. (Photo: Islam Hero/Kurdistan 24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Dr. Celeste Wallander in Erbil, Sept. 21, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Eman Sami Maghdid, known as Maria, was killed in early March in Erbil. Her brother was later convicted of the murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan 24)
Iranian Kurds participate in a march in a parkSulaimani against the killing of of Mahsa Amini, a woman in Iran who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", Sept. 19, 2022. (Photo: shwan Mohammed/AFP)
Kurdistan Region President (left) walking alongside the UK Secretary of Foreign Affairs Liz Truss in London, Sept. 16, 2021. (Photo: Liz Truss/Twitter)
An F-16 Fighting Falcon of the Turkish Air Force takes off on a sortie from an air base during Exercise Anatolian Eagle, in Konya, Turkey. (Photo: Turkish Ministry of Defense)
