Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with outgoing French Ambassador to Iraq Éric Chevalier in Erbil, Jan. 8, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Austrian Ambassador to Iraq Andrea Nasi in Erbil, Jan. 8, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks as he announces Murat Kurum as his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) candidate in Istanbul's upcoming mayoral election in March, in Istanbul on January 7, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits a World Food Program (WFP)regional warehouse in Amman during his visit to the Jordanian capital as part of a Middle East tour, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo: Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AFP
Buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip are pictured from a position along the border in southern Israel, Jan. 5, 2024. (Photo: Jack Guez/AFP)
Rescuers carry away the body of victim who was retrieved from a landslide site in the Kawashima district in the city of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, Jan. 6, 2024. (Photo: Tohsifumi Kitamura/AFP)
Israeli soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Dec. 29, 2023. (Photo: Israel Army/AFP)
