Afghan men search for victims after an overnight Pakistani air strike hit a residential area in the Girdi Kas village of Bihsud district, Nangarhar province on February 22, 2026. (AFP)
The US' new ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (C) signs the guestbook as he visits the Western Wall, accompanied by Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch (R) in the old city of Jerusalem on April 18, 2025. (AFP)
A damaged excavator sits on the rubble of a building that was hit in January by an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Qannarit, on Feb. 16, 2026. (AFP)
Kurdistan Foundation Director Yara Barzanji (L-6) poses for a group photo with jury panel members and award-winning youth during the King Hamad Award Ceremony for Youth Empowerment, Feb. 15, 2026, in Manama, Bahrain. (Kurdistan24)
President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (R) listening to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in Abu Dhabi, Feb. 9, 2026. (AFP)
Infographic with a map showing the location of detention camps for relatives of jihadists and prisons for jihadists in northern Syria, based on data collected by ISW between May 2024 and Jan. 2026. (AFP)
Ali Larijani, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, L, Sultan bin Mohammed al Numani, Minister of the Royal Office in the Sultanate of Oman. (Larijani's X account)
Jared Kushner, 2nd right and Steve Witkoff, 3rd right visit the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea with CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper, Feb. 7, 2026. (CENTCOM)
Kurdistan PM Masrour Barzani, L, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, DPM and Minister of Defense of the UAE, Feb. 5, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani, C-L, Mohammad Al Gergawi, UAE Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the WGS2026, Dubai, Feb5, 2026. (Kurdistan24)