The Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani raises his inked finger after casting his vote in Erbil, Oct. 10, 2021. (Photo: Screengrab/Kurdistan24)
A man is seen walking with a stick in the main square around Erbil's Citadel in the capital of the Kurdistan Region, April 15, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Iraqi President Barham Salih is pictured during his televised speech on the eve of Oct. 10 elections in Baghdad, Oct. 9, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi Presidency Website)
Members of Iraq's Kurdish Peshmerga security forces take part in early voting for the parliamentary elections in Erbil, Oct. 8, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Female members of Kurdish Peshmerga security forces cast their votes for the parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan Region's Erbil, Oct. 8, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Members of Zeravani forces are pictured awaiting the opening of voting centers in the Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil, Oct. 8, 2021. (Photo: Renas A. Saeed / Kurdistan 24)
The Peshmerga Affairs Parliament Committee discussed the latest updates on Peshmerga Reform with US and Dutch officials on Wednesday (Photo: Kurdistan Parliament)