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)
Billboards with the slogans “Key to Peace,” “Key to Security,” and “Shared Future in Peace”, displayed along the protocol route ahead of the NATO Summit in Ankara, 26 June 2026. (AFP)
Vehicles drive past billboards that read in Arabic, "Lebanon first," one of which has been set on fire along Beirut's airport road near Tehran-backed Hezbollah's stronghold, June 28, 2026. (AFP)
Afghan residents gather at the site of a Pakistani airstrike at a village in Tsamkani district of Afghanistan's Paktia province on June 29, 2026. (AFP)
US VP JD Vance looks on next to U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, as Iran's FM Abbas Araqchi shakes hands with Pakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif, June, 21, 2026. (AFP)
