The Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Pshtiwan Sadiq, attended the Lalish’s 6th Peace and Coexistence conference (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Baba Sheikh Ali Elias Haji Nasir, the spiritual leader of the Yezidis (L), Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (C), and Mir Hazim Tahseen Beg right before a meeting in Erbil. (Photo: KRG Media Office)
Shahab Qassem Hassan, the leader of a team of fighters previously affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), explains they have joined a Peshmerga regiment in the Shingal area. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Yezidis (Ezidis) celebrate their traditional New Year, known as "Red Wednesday" in their main temple of Lalish in the Kurdistan Region’s province of Duhok. (Photo: Archive)