A portrait of Russia's President Vladimir Putin hangs above as Russian military trucks enter the Russian-leased Syrian military base of Hmeimim in Latakia province in western Syria on December 29, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
A picture taken during a tour organised by Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) shows monitoring points along the Iraqi-Syrian border on December 5, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
US President Donald Trump speaks after the swearing in of Mehmet Oz (R) as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services looks on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 18, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
President Masoud Barzani (R), Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yılmaz (L), at the Barzani Headquarters in Salahaddin, Apr. 18, 2025. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Turkish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nuh Yılmaz, April 18, 2025. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (second from right) during his meeting Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, April 17, 2025. (Photo: INA)
Mohamed al-Hassan, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq and head of the UNAMI, speaking to Kurdistan24, April 17, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
A group of Kurdish artists and writers posing together in Erbil during the commemoration of the 39th anniversary of renowned Kurdish poet Hemin Mukriyani’s passing. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)
Hoshyar Zebari, a leading member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP) politburo and former Iraqi foreign ministe. (Graphic: Designed by Kurdistan24)
President Donald Trump, center right, meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center left, in the Oval Office at the White House, April 7, 2025. (Photo: AP)
Mohammed Bahr AlUloom, Iraq’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations, (R), and Lebanon's ambassador to Baghdad, Ali al-Habhab, Baghdad, Iraq, April 16, 2025. (Photo: Iraqi FM)
Syrian refugee Rayan Assani, 8 years old, waits in a queue with her belongings to enter Syria at Cilvegozu border crossing gate, in Reyhanli district in Hatay on Dec. 12, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
A picture shows newspaper front page headlines at a kiosk in Tehran on April 12, 2025, featuring the Iran-US talks on the Iranian nuclear programme set to begin in Oman on the same day. (Photo
