Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region (R), during his meeting Syrian FM Asaad Shaibani, Feb. 14, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (R), Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (L), in Munich, on Feb. 14, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (R), Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican Foreign Minister, in Munich, on Feb. 14, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region (L), and Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan (R), during his meeting with Jonathan Powell, National Security Adviser of the United Kingdom, Feb. 13, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
from left: joshua Harris – Chargé d'affaires, U.S. Mission to Iraq, US Deputy Secretary of State Michael Rigas, President Nechirvan Barzani, PM Masrour Barzani, Deputy PM Qubad Talabani. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Oct. 17, 2016, file photo, a Kurdish Peshmerga convoy drives towards a frontline in Khazer, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)
