Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (L) meets with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the speaker's residence in Beirut on July 2, 2026. (AFP)
Graphic overlay combining silhouettes of oil derricks and a pumpjack with a US hundred-dollar bill, set against the background of the national flag of Iraq. (Graphic: .oilandgasmiddleeast)
President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with Ibrahim Kalin, Director of Türkiye's National Intelligence Organization, July 1, 2026. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
Dindar Zebari (middle), the KRG's Coordinator for International Advocacy, at the Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling, July 1, 2026. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)
An Iraqi army armoured humvee vehicle is deployed near the banks of the Tigris River to protect the US Embassy headquarters (R) in Baghdad's fortified "Green Zone" on March 18, 2026. (AFP)
Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, where Iraqi security forces carried out overnight raids and arrests as part of an anti-corruption campaign, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 29, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. (REUTERS/Haider Kadhim)
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (R) shaking hands with Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of US CENTCOM, during a meeting at the presidential palace on June 29, 2026. (AFP)
The Lebanese flag flutters as residents cool off in the Mediterranean Sea in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on June 23, 2026, days after the city saw numerous Israeli military strikes.
Travel bags containing Iraqi dinars and U.S. dollars are removed from a hidden compartment at the residence of Deputy Oil Minister Ali al-Bahadli in Baghdad, June 29, 2026. (GOI)
