Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region (R), during his meeting Syrian FM Asaad Shaibani, Feb. 14, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi (R), Ilham Ahmed, Co-Chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration (L). (Photo: Abdi's X)
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 (3rd R), and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (3rd L), in Munich, on Feb. 14, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Iraqi security forces lead suspected Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (R), Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican Foreign Minister, in Munich, on Feb. 14, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (R), Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof, in Munich, on Feb. 14, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi (R), Ilham Ahmed, Co-Chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the DAANES (L). (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi (R), Ilham Ahmed, Co-Chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration (L). (Photo: Abdi's X)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd L), Syrian FM Asaad al-Shibani (3rd R), and Mazloum Abdi, Commander of the SDF (2nd R) meet on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, on Feb. 13, 2026 in Munich. (Photo: SANA)
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) receiving International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi (L) at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Tehran on Apr. 16, 2025. (AFP)
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)
Infographic with a map showing the location of detention camps for relatives of jihadists and prisons for jihadists in northern Syria, based on data collected by ISW between May 2024 and Jan. 2026. (AFP)
Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region (right), during his meeting with Jonathan Powell, National Security Adviser of the United Kingdom, Feb. 13, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region (right), during his meeting with Nawaf Salam, Prime Minister of Lebanon, Feb. 13, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Joshua Harris, CDA of the US Embassy in Iraq, L, Abdul Hussein al-Mousawi, head of the Al-Nahj National Alliance. (Photo: US Embassy Baghdad X account)
President Masoud Barzani (R), and the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Mohammad Zaman (L), in Pirmam, Kurdistan Region, on Feb. 12, 2025. (Photo: Barzani HQ)
Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez (R) speaks next to US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright during a press conference after a meeting at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on Feb. 11, 2026.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (off frame) in, Florida, on Dec. 29, 2025. (AFP)
