Former President Bashar al-Assad (C), and Former brigadier general under the Assad regime, Atif Najib (R), and Amjad Youssef, a former intelligence official under the Assad regime (L). (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
national flags of Russia and North Korea fly in the wind during a ceremony marking the connection of the two sides of the new Russia-North Korea road bridge over the Tumen River, set to open this summer. (Photo: AFP)