A man walks past collapsed buildings following a devastating earthquake in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. (Photo: Ghaith Alsayed/ AP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering a speech during a graduation ceremony of Salahaddin University-Erbil, Sept. 29, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
A number of students and their families protested the decision to ban the Syrian government curriculum in northern Syria (Photo submitted to Kurdistan 24).
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)
Lawmakers in the Kurdistan Parliament raising their hands to vote for the establishment of the Kurdistan Accrediting Association for Education (KAAE), June 22, 2022 (Photo: Courtesy of Honar Issa)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi laying the foundation stone for a project to build 1,000 schools in the country, June 18, 2022 (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office)
Russia Consul General to Erbil Oleg Levin delivering a speech to mark the 77th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War, May 9, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Education officials attend the ICET 2022 in the Kurdistan Region capital Erbil to discuss curriculum development, May 8, 2022. (Photo: Handout/KRG Ministry of Education)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani met with UK Secretary of State for Education Nadhim Zahawi on Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2022 (Photo: Nadhim Zahawi/Twitter)
A member of security forces tries to protect himself amid a clash with demonstrators during an anti-government protest in Baghdad, Iraq May 25, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani)
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