Ilham Ahmed (right), co-president of the Executive Council of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, speaking at the presser, Feb. 25, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Thomas Barrack, the U.S. Special Envoy to Syria (L), and Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (R), (Photo: Syrian Foreign Ministry)
Abdulkarim Hashem Mustafa, Iraq’s ambassador to Moscow (R), and Igor Nikolayevich Zubov, State Secretary and Deputy Interior Minister of Russia (L). (Photo: Iraq’s Foreign Ministry)
Women with a child, relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists, are seen inside Al-Hol camp in the desert region of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on Jan. 21, 2026. (AFP)
Iraqi security forces rush to rescue colleagues from crashed vehicles at the site of a deadly traffic accident in Anbar, as thick smoke rises from other heavily damaged cars in the background, Feb. 25, 2026. (Photo: Social media)
Shops in central Khanaqin remain closed as residents observe a general strike in protest against recent administrative decisions affecting the district, Feb. 25, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
US President Donald Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, on Feb. 24, 2026. (AFP)
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (right) shaking hands with Géza Andreas von Geyr, State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office, Feb. 24, 2026. (Photo: INA)
Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval vessels taking part in a military drill near the island of Abu Musa, off the coast of the southern Iranian city of Bandar Lengeh. (AFP)
Rebar Ahmed, KRG Minister of Interior, R, Brigadier Chra Ahmed Latif, Acting Head of the Internal Security Forces Court/2, Erbil, Feb. 24, 2026. (Photo: KRG)
A symbolic illumination entitled "Rays of Memory" is projected over the graves of Ukrainian soldiers who died in the war with Russia, on Feb. 23, 2026, ahead of the 4th anniversary of war. (AFP)
U.S. President Donald Trump pumps his fist after speaking at an Angel Families remembrance ceremony held in the East Room at the White House, in Washington, DC. Feb. 23, 2026. (AFP)
Protesters hold a banner reading "Justice for Quentin" during a march in tribute to far-right activist Quentin Deranque, who died after being attacked, in Lyon, France on Feb. 21, 2026. (AFP)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with Tom Barrack, the United States Ambassador to Türkiye and Special Envoy for Syria, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
President Trump's Special Envoy Tom Barrack, C-L, President Masoud Barzani, C-R, Kurdistan PM Masrour Barzani, R-3rd, Pirmam, Erbil, Feb. 23, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Qusay Mahbouba, Secretary General of the Iraqi Liberal Amarji Party, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo: KRG)
Standing individuals from L to R, Trump's special envoy Tom Barrack, Iraq's PM Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani, Iraq's Oil Minister, Hayyan Abdul Ghani. (Kurdistan24))
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, widely known as El Mencho, the leader of the powerful CJNG Cartel (R), Scenes showing the extent of the security breakdown in Mexico (L). (Photo: Social Media)
