Kurdistan PM Masrour Barzani, (R), in meeting with Simon Minks, the Netherlands’ Special Envoy for Combating Terrorism, Violent Extremism, and International Crimes. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
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)
Ammar Al-Hakim, Head of the Hikma National Movement, speaks to supporters at the al-Hakim party headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, July 29, 2014. (Photo: AP)
Food parcels provided by the World Food Program, part of the humanitarian aid shipments into Syria, are stacked at the Reyhanli border crossing with Syria, near Hatay, southern Turkey, May 24, 2017. (Photo: AP)
A marked landmine site in rural Syria, where remnants of war continue to pose a deadly threat to civilians, especially children and agricultural workers. (Photo: UN)