In August 2014, thousands of Yezidis were trapped in the Shingal mountains as they tried to escape from the so-called Islamic State. (Photo: Anadolu Agency/Emrah Yorulmaz)
A member of the Anti-Narcotics Directorate of the autonomous Kurdistan Region shows narcotic pills that were found hidden inside the shoes of an Iranian smuggler. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
A team of Kurdistan Region officials have made several trips to Baghdad in late 2020 and early 2021 to negotiate disputes between the federal and regional governments. (Photo: Archive)
An aerial picture shows mourners gathering around coffins wrapped with the Iraqi flag during a mass funeral for Yazidi victims of the Islamic State (IS) group village of Kojo in Sinjar district ,Feb. 6, 2021. (Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP)
Masoud Barzani, former president of the Kurdistan Region (right), shakes hands with then-US Vice President Joe Biden in Erbil, April 28, 2016. (Photo: Archive)
Masoud Barzani (Right) leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Jan. 19th, 2021. (Photo: Barzani Headquarter)
KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in the Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil, Jan. 19, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
The KRG Peshmerga Minister, Shorish Ismael, walks alongside his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar (left) at the Kurdistan Region's Erbil International Airport, Jan. 18, 2021. (Photo: Turkish Defense Ministry)
