Iraqis sit at a popular cafe overlooking the old city of Mosul on September 2, 2024, seven years after the Islamist State (IS) group was ousted from the northern Iraqi city. (Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group attend the funeral of a fighter with the Kataib Hezbollah, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Abdul Karim Abd Fadhil, head of the Iraqi National Security Service, Dec. 20, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Members of Iraq's Rapid Intervention forces driving in a village in the Hawi al-Azim area, in the eastern Diyala province, Jan. 24, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Abdul Ameer Yarallah, Iraqi Army Chief of Staff, (left) arriving in Kirkuk province following deadly ISIS attack on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi Defense Ministry)
Iraqi forces search the area in Tarmiyah, 35 kilometres (20 miles) north of Baghdad following clashes with Islamic State group fighters, Feb. 20, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (right) during his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia' Al-Sudani, Nov. 29, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister's Media Office)
