Members of the Iraqi Counter-terrorism Service (ICTS) take part in the 'Iron Fist' tactical military exercise at Baghdad International Airport on Jun. 21, 2023. (AFP)
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi attends the IAEA’s Board of Governors' meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on Jan. 30, 2026. (AFP)
In this handout photo obtained from Iran’s foreign ministry delegation on February 6, 2026, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (C) arrives for a meeting with the U.S. in Muscat. (AFP)
SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi (right) shaking hands with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, Feb. 6, 2026. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi, Feb. 5, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, Feb. 5, 2026. (Photo: Kurdisan24)
The meeting of Safeen Dizayee (right), Head of the KRG Department of Foreign Relations, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, Feb. 5, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (right) shake hands as he receives French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, on Feb. 5, 2026. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
Ano Jawhar, Minister of Transport and Communications of the KRF, third from the right, with the participants of the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, on Feb. 5, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot speaks to the press as he arrives for a Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on Nov. 20, 2025. (AFP)
Kurdistan PM Masrour Barzani, L, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, DPM and Minister of Defense of the UAE, Feb. 5, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani, C-L, Mohammad Al Gergawi, UAE Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the WGS2026, Dubai, Feb5, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot leaves after a weekly cabinet meeting at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris on Dec. 17, 2025. (AFP)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, in Tehran on Jan. 18, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) shaking hands with UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail Al Mazrouei, Feb. 4, 2026. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani, L, Sultan Al Jaber, the United UAE’s Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Dubai, UAE, Feb. 4, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
President Masoud Barzani, R, Berivan Aymaz, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia state, Pirmam, Erbil, Feb. 4, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
The son of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi, Seif al-Islam, gestures as he annouces his withdrawal from political life late on August 20, 2008, in the town of Sebha. (AFP)
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki leaves after casting his ballot at a polling station in Baghdad on Nov. 11, 2025 during Iraq's parliamentary elections. (AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) during his meeting with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Feb. 3, 2026. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)