Erbil-Baghdad relations
President Masoud Barzani, C-L, Iraqi PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, C-R, Pirmam, Erbil, Feb. 2, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani, R, Nouri al-Maliki, head of the State of Law Coalition. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani, R, Tom Barrack, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy to Syria and the U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye, Pirmam, Erbil, Jan. 17, 2025. (KRG)
The headquarters of the KRG Council of Ministers. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani, R, Farhad Atrushi, Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Erbil, Jan. 11, 2026. (KRG)
The official emblem of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
President Masoud Barzani, R, Iraqi Minister of Trade Atheer Dawood al-Ghurairi, Pirmam, Erbil, Dec. 20, 2025. (Photo: Barzani Office Media)
PM Masrour Barzani (R) and U.S. CDA Joshua Harris (L). (Photo: KRG)
Dr. Ayad Allawi, the head of the National Coalition and the first Prime Minister of post-Ba’athist Iraq. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, speaking to Kurdistan24 at Dwin Dam construction site, Nov. 6, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) logo. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
President Masoud Barzani (R) and Russian Ambassador Elbrus Kutrashev (L). (Photo: Barzani HQ)
U.S. President Donald Trump, (R), his special envoy to Iraq Mark Savaya. (Photo: Social Media)
Masrour Barzani, KDP's Deputy Leader, at a campaign rally for KDP’s List 275 in Erbil, Oct. 25, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Masrour Barzani, Kurdistan Region PM, (R), Hamid al-Shatri, head of Iraq’s Federal National Intelligence Agency, Erbil, October 15, 2025.
Iraqi flag, U, Kurdistan Region flag, raised at an oil facility, illustrating the Erbil-Baghdad cooperation to export Kurdistan Oil. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)