An elderly man with ink on his finger after voting in the Kurdish independence referendum. The central government in Baghdad closed Kurdistan's...
Iraqi Kurds commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Kurdistan Region's independence referendum in Arbil, on September 25, 2022.
The Kurdish Regional Government flag is seen on a street in the old city ahead of the upcoming referendum for independence of Kurdistan on September...
People are seen on the street in the old city on October 27, 2017 in Erbil, Iraq. After the Kurdish Regional Government held an independence...
Sunny Checkpoint, Regional Government of Kurdistan-Iraq. Kurdish flag planted ata Sunny Checkpoint on the main road between the cities of Dohuk and...
An Iraqi Kurd waves the Kurdish flag as they celebrate the independence referendum in the streets of the northern city of Arbil on September 27, 2017...
Iraqi Kurds wave the Kurdish flag as they celebrate the independence referendum in the streets of the northern city of Arbil on September 27, 2017 in...
Iraqi Kurds wave the Kurdish flag as they celebrate in the streets of the northern city of Arbil on September 25, 2017 following a referendum on...
Iraqi Kurds wave the Kurdish flag as they celebrate in the streets of the northern city of Arbil on September 25, 2017 following a referendum on...
An Iraqi Kurdish man leaves after casting his ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish...
Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous...
An Iraqi Kurdish man holds a Kurdish flag as he stands next to Kurdistan's parliament building in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region...
Framed portraits of Kurdistan President Massud Barzani and his father are seen at a store in a market in the old city on October 27, 2017 in Erbil,...
Framed portraits of Kurdistan President Massud Barzani and his father are seen at a store in a market in the old city on October 27, 2017 in Erbil,...
Ghatiba Ben Muslem Bahli School, Kirkuk, Regional Government of Kurdistan-Iraq."rOn September 25 the people of Kurdistan voted by referendum on the...
On September 25 the people of Kurdistan voted by referendum on the question of independence of their region in northern Iraq, declared autonomous in...
Lady helps an old man to cast his vote at the voting station. September 25, 2017 is a historic day for Kurdish people around the world as many...
Kurdish man walks in the street in the mainly Kurdish Iraqi city of Kirkuk on September 18, 2017. - Iraq's supreme court ordered the suspension of a...
Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous...
Iraqi Kurds commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Kurdistan Region's independence referendum in Arbil, on September 25, 2022.
Massud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party , gestures after casting his ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station in...
Woman seen dipping her finger in indelible ink after voting in the Kurdish independence referendum. The central government in Baghdad closed...
Young boy waits for is mother to dry off after swimming in Lake Dukan ahead of the upcoming referendum for independence of Kurdistan on September 23,...
Articulated lorries and trailers, coming from Turkey and Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government , stuck in queue on the closed Erbil - Kirkuk road due to...
An Iraqi airways plane is pictured on the tarmac at Arbil airport, in the capital of Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region, on September 28,...
Kurdish man is pictured after casted his vote at the polling station. September 25, 2017 is a historic day for Kurdish people around the world as...
Iraqi Kurdish women uses their cell-phones as they hold on to their IDs while arriving to cast their votes in the referendum on independence at a...
Private guard stands before a campaign poster for Rebwar Taha Mustafa, an Iraqi Kurdish member of the Iraqi federal parliament and a Patriotic Union...
Man checks his phone at a rug store next to a portrait of Kurdistan President Massud Barzani in the old city on October 27, 2017 in Erbil, Iraq....
Map of the Regional Government of Iraqi Kurdistan inside the Kawergosk Refugee Camp. Located north of Erbil, this refugee camp was created in August...
About 100 peshmergas of Kurdistan Freedom Party gather near Altun Kupri control point in in Erbil, Iraq on October 19, 2017. Articulated lorries and...
Hashd al Shaabi troops in the turkman area of Kirkuk the day after they took the city from the Kurdish Peshmerga in fewer than 24 hours during an...
Kurdish Man and his boy are pictured while participating to the referendum. September 25, 2017 is a historic day for Kurdish people around the world...
Iraqi Kurds wave the Kurdish flag as they celebrate in the streets of the northern city of Arbil on September 25, 2017 following a referendum on...
Picture taken on September 25, 2017 during the Kurdish independence referendum shows a Russian-made military attack helicopter flying over Arbil, the...
Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers provide security as Kurds gather to vote in a referendum for independence from Iraq and the establishment of Kurdistan as...
An Iraqi Kurdish woman casts her vote in the Kurdish independence referendum at a polling station in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish...
People enjoy the waters edge at lake Dukan ahead of the upcoming referendum for independence of Kurdistan on September 23, 2017 in Sulaymaniyah,...
Kurdish people show their support for the upcoming referendum for independence of Kurdistan in a gathering at City Centre on September 13, 2017 in...
People attend the first ever festival of colors in Erbil at Sami Abdolrahman Park on September 15, 2017 in Erbil, Iraq. The organizers state the...
Supporters wave flags and chant slogans inside the Erbil Stadium while waiting to hear Kurdish President Masoud Barzani speak during a rally for the...
Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous...
Iraqi Kurds commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Kurdistan Region's independence referendum in Arbil, on September 25, 2022.
Iraqi Kurds queue ahead of casting their ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous...
An Iraqi Kurdish woman casts her ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in...
Picture taken on March 20, 2018 shows an Iraqi Airways Canadair CRJ-900 jet plane and another Airbus plane on the tarmac at the airport in the Iraqi...
Kurds protest peacefully against the closure of their international airports to all international flights by the Iraqi government. Erbil airport has...
Kurds protest peacefully against the closure of their international airports to all international flights by the Iraqi government. Erbil airport has...
Departure board at Erbil International Airport shows the last flight out, to Vienna, before the airport's enforced closure by the Iraqi government in...
Picture taken on February 26, 2018 shows the square of Arbil's International airport in the capital of Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region....
Picture taken on October 29, 2017 shows the building of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region's parliament in Arbil, Kurdistan's capital in northern...
Peshmerga poses in front of a wall with a large fresco of the flag of Kurdistan. The fort overlooks Artush, a major oil refinery....
Shadows of Peshmerga combatants near the Snuny Checkpoint, near the area of the same name, along the main road between the towns of Duhok and...
Armoured vehicles of peshmergas from Kurdistan Freedom Party gather near Altun Kupri control point in in Erbil, Iraq on October 19, 2017. Articulated...
Armoured vehicles of peshmergas from Kurdistan Freedom Party gather near Altun Kupri control point in in Erbil, Iraq on October 19, 2017. Articulated...
About 100 peshmergas of Kurdistan Freedom Party gather near Altun Kupri control point in in Erbil, Iraq on October 19, 2017. Articulated lorries and...
Articulated lorries and trailers stuck in queue on the Erbil - Kirkuk road due to the military tension between Erbil and Kirkuk in Erbil, Iraq on...
Vendor sells Iraqi flags as people gather in the street in the city of Kirkuk on October 18 after Iraqi government forces retook almost all the...
Hashd al Shaabi troops drive through the turkman area of Kirkuk the day after they took the city from the Kurdish Peshmerga in fewer than 24 hours...
Iraqi forces patrol in the streets after they retake the control of the city center from Peshmerga forces in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi...