People look through binoculars and a telescope to view the moon ahead of Ramadan to mark the beginning of the holy fasting month, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani 

Shiite Muslim clerics look through binoculars and a telescope to view the moon ahead of Ramadan to mark the beginning of the holy fasting month, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani 

People shop at a wholesale market ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid rising commodity prices , in Mosul, Iraq March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily 

People shop at a wholesale market ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid rising commodity prices , in Mosul, Iraq March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily 

People shop at a wholesale market ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid rising commodity prices ,in Mosul, Iraq March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily 

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) speaks with reporters after showing up to take part in consideration and a vote on a bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-IN) leaves the Senate floor after showing up to take part in consideration and a vote on a bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) speaks with reporters after showing up to take part in consideration and a vote on a bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) leaves the Senate floor after showing up to take part in consideration and a vote on a bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) leaves the Senate floor after showing up to take part in consideration and a vote on a bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) speaks with reporters after showing up to take part in consideration and a vote on a bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) speaks with reporters after showing up to take part in consideration and a vote on a bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) speaks with reporters after showing up to take part in consideration and a vote on a bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) speaks with reporters after showing up to take part in consideration and a vote on a bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) arrives at the Senate floor to take part in consideration and a vote on a bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

Iraqi novelist Sinan Antoon poses with his novel "The Book of Collateral Damage" in Highlands, New Jersey, U.S., March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Hussein Al Waaile 

Iraqi Kurds carry fire torches, as they celebrate Nowruz Day, a festival marking the first day of spring and Persian New Year, in the town of Akra near Duhok, in Kurdistan, Iraq March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Iraqi Kurdish people carry fire torches, as they celebrate Nowruz Day, a festival marking the first day of spring and Persian New Year, in the town of Akra near Duhok, in Kurdistan, Iraq March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani 

A man carries a fire torch while celebrating Nowruz Day, a festival marking the first day of spring and Persian New Year, in the town of Akra near Duhok, in Kurdistan, Iraq March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani 

Iraqi Kurdish people carry fire torches, as they celebrate Nowruz Day, a festival marking the first day of spring and Persian New Year, in the town of Akra near Duhok, in Kurdistan, Iraq March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani 

Iraqi Kurdish people carry fire torches, as they celebrate Nowruz Day, a festival marking the first day of spring and Persian New Year, in the town of Akra near Duhok, in Kurdistan, Iraq March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani 

A view shows the city of Baghdad, Iraq, March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

A view shows the city of Baghdad, Iraq, March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

A view shows the city of Baghdad, Iraq, March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Iraqi Kurdish men prepare torches to celebrate Nowruz Day, a festival marking the first day of spring and the new year, in the town of Akra in Iraqi Kurdistan, Duhok, Iraq, March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT 

Iraqi Kurdish people holding a Kurdish flag celebrate Nowruz Day, a festival marking the first day of spring and the new year, in the town of Akra in Iraqi Kurdistan, Duhok, Iraq, March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani 

An Iraqi Kurdish man prepares torches to celebrate Nowruz Day, a festival marking the first day of spring and the new year, in the town of Akra in Iraqi Kurdistan, Duhok, Iraq March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani 

Iraqi Kurdish men prepare torches to celebrate Nowruz Day, a festival marking the first day of spring and the new year, in the town of Akra in Iraqi Kurdistan, Duhok, Iraq, March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani 

An Iraqi Kurdish man prepares torches to celebrate Nowruz Day, a festival marking the first day of spring and the new year, in the town of Akra in Iraqi Kurdistan, Duhok, Iraq, March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani 

Iraqi Kurdish men prepare torches to celebrate Nowruz Day, a festival marking the first day of spring and the new year, in the town of Akra in Iraqi Kurdistan, Duhok, Iraq, March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani 

Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell (not pictured) hold a news conference during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell (not pictured) hold a news conference during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell (not pictured) hold a news conference during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell (not pictured) hold a news conference during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein (not pictured) hold a news conference during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein (not pictured) hold a news conference during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein (not pictured) hold a news conference during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein (not pictured) hold a news conference during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein hold a news conference during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein hold a news conference during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein hold a news conference during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein shake hands during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein shake hands during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein hold a news conference during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein hold a news conference during the Cooperation Council in Brussels, Belgium March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

Major General Matthew McFarlane, the commander of the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, gestures as he speaks with Reuters during an interview in Baghdad, Iraq March 18, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Major General Matthew McFarlane, the commander of the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, gestures as he speaks with Reuters during an interview in Baghdad, Iraq March 18, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Major General Matthew McFarlane, the commander of the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, gestures as he speaks with Reuters during an interview in Baghdad, Iraq March 18, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Major General Matthew McFarlane, the commander of the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, attends an interview with Reuters in Baghdad, Iraq March 18, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Major General Matthew McFarlane, the commander of the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad, Iraq March 18, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Major General Matthew McFarlane, the commander of the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, attends an interview with Reuters in Baghdad, Iraq March 18, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Major General Matthew McFarlane, the commander of the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, attends an interview with Reuters in Baghdad, Iraq March 18, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Aras Abid, the sole survivor from his 12-member family from a gas attack ordered by Saddam Hussein in 1988, shows a picture of his dead mother on his phone, in the Kurdish town of Halabja, near Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. February 19, 2023. REUTERS/Amina Ismail 

Faiza Sarhan, 50, a member of the ancient Sabean Mandaean religion, stands in front of a cultural centre that she runs for her community in Erbil, Iraq February 20, 2023. REUTERS/Amina Ismail 

Khanim Ahmed Mohammed, the sole survivor of her family from a gas attack ordered by Saddam Hussein in 1988, sits in her home during an interview by Reuters in the Kurdish town of Halabja, near Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. February 19, 2023. REUTERS/Amina Ismail 

Iraqi former footballer Ahmed Nasser shows a picture of himself in the hospital in 2007 after a bomb attack in Baghdad that cost his legs, in Baghdad, Iraq February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Aras Abid, the sole survivor of his 12-member family from a gas attack ordered by Saddam Hussein in 1988, sits by the grave where he buried his entire family, in the Kurdish town of Halabja, near Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. February 19, 2023. REUTERS/Amina Ismail 

Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who gained fame for hurling his shoes at President George W. Bush during a joint statement with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in December 14, 2008, sits at his home in Baghdad, Iraq, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Maher Nazeh 

Foreign tourists walk at the ancient city of Nineveh, after Mosul's liberation from the Islamic State (IS) group in 2017, in Mosul, Iraq, March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid