Peshmerga forces are pictured during a ceremony in which US-donated military equipment and vehicles were handed over to the Kurdish forces in the Kurdistan Region Capital Erbil, Nov. 10, 2020. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Karl Harris, deputy of the general commander of the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), in Erbil, Oct. 25, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with Maj. Gen. Matthew McFarlane,the commander of anti-ISIS Operation Inherent Resolve, Oct. 16, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
A US soldier stands by a Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) during a patrol in the countryside near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province. Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo: Delil Souleiman / AFP)
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John Brennan, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) commander, greets ambassadors of joint partner nations during Ambassadors' Day in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 6, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Central Command).