People gather to mourn the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US and Israeli strikes, at a square in Tehran on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
People mourn the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US and Israeli strikes, at a square in Tehran on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
Demonstrators wave Iranian flags and banners of armed factions while carrying portraits of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the flag of Kataib Hezbollah during a protest near Baghdad’s Green Zone, Feb. 28, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
Smoke and fire trail from a U.S. destroyer in Gulf waters as it launches rockets toward Iranian targets, Feb. 28, 2026, as part of Operation Epic Fury. (Photo: CENTCOM)
A view of the White House on Feb. 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States and Israel had launched an attack on Iran.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (R), and Tom Barrack, U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye and Special Envoy for Syria (L), on Feb. 27, 2025. (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister’s media office )
a mural depicting an Iranian official in civilian clothing sitting across the table from an American official wearing military fatigues painted on the outer walls of the former US embassy in Tehran. (AFP)
The head of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki (R), and Tom Barrack, U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye and Special Envoy for Syria (L), on Feb. 27, 2025. (Photo: Maliki’s media office)
The Internal Security Forces (Asayish) Directorate building in Kobani city, Western Kurdistan (Northern Syria), on Feb. 27, 2026. (Photo: Syrian Ministry of Interior)
Indian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in the strategic opposition-controlled town of Akobo, Jonglei State, on February 12, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, C-R, holds the trophy during the closing ceremony of the Women’s Mini-Football World Cup, hosted in Erbil in September 2025. (Kurdistan24)
Fahmi Burhan, head of the General Board for Kurdistani Areas Outside the Region, C, surrounded by Kurdish political parties representatives, Feb. 26, 2026. (Kurdistan24)