Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (Right) meets with former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Erbil, Dec. 22, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Hoshyar Zebari, a high-level KDP official, (right) greets Nouri al-Maliki, the State of Law Secretary General and leader of Coordination Framework in Erbil, Dec. 22, 2021. (Photo: Erbil Governorate)
President Masoud Barzani in meeting with the leader of the Sunni al-Azim alliance Khamis al-Khanjar, in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Dec. 4, 2021. (Photo: KDP)
Employees of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission conduct a partial manual recount of votes for the October 10 parliamentary elections, in Baghdad, Nov. 23, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)