An MSF doctor checks the temperature of a baby at the MSF-supported Hayr Jamous general healthcare center near the city of Salqin in Idlib governorate, Syria, December 2023. (Photo: Anadolu Agency)
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stand in formation at a ceremony to mark their defeat of Islamic State militants in Baghouz, at al-Omar Oil Field base, Syria, March 23, 2019. (Photo: AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
Hemin Lihony, head of the Initiatives and Strategic Communications Office in the Kurdistan Region Prime Minister's Office, speaking at the press conference, Jan. 20, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Delavar Ajgeiy, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Representative to the European Union (EU), being interviewed with Kurdistan24, Jan. 20, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
US President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump watch fireworks during a reception in his honor at Trump National Golf Club Washington DC in Sterling, Virginia, on Jan. 18, 2025. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP)
Members of the security forces with Syria's new government inspect a warehouse that used to hide pills of Captagon, during a raid in Latakia on Jan. 19, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Family members of Israeli hostages taken captive by Palestinian Hams militants in the Gaza Strip, deliver a statement to the media in Tel Aviv on January 17, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, being received by His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Jan. 19, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Sarah Baus, left, of Charleston, SC., and Tiffany Cianci, who says she is a “long-form educational content creator,” livestream to TikTok outside the Supreme Court, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Mohammad Omar Barakat, a young Kurdish man, who lost his life in a landmine explosion in Afrin, Northern Syria (Rojava), Jan. 18, 2025. (Photo: Handout to Kurdistan24)
Iranian judges Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Moqiseh (L) and Hojjatoleslam Ali Razini were assassinated in a terrorist attack in downtown Tehran, Jan. 18, 2025. (Photo by IRNA)
Qassim al-Araji , the Iraqi National Security Advisor in meeting with Glenn Miles, the Australian Ambassador to Baghdad, Jan 18, 2025. (Photo: al-Araji's X account)
Sudanese children play on a truck as people fleeing the al-Jazira state arrive at an area near the eastern city of Gedaref on Nov. 2, 2024. (Photo: AFP)